Jess CavinAgronomy 342

Student Presentation

Reasons for water conflict

Diarrhea: A common killer

Ethical Implications

Clean water is scarce (Donkor, 2006)

Water resources are shared between countries (Russell, 1999)

Political system and government resources (Donkor, 2006)

Leads to 90% of all deaths in children less than age 5 (Semba, 2009)

Causes include viruses, parasites, and bacteria present in unsanitary water (Semba, 2009)

Treatment:• Replacing lost fluids and

salts• Very difficult in the

developing world (Gleick, 2002)

Categorical Imperative:• What would happen if

everyone used water like we do? (Semba, 2009)

Non-Maleficence:• Stop polluting our fresh

water resources Beneficence:

• Help provide capital for sustainable clean water projects (Donkor, 2006)

(Hinman, 2008)

UN Millennium Goal:“To halve, by the year 2015…the

proportion of people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water.”

1.) Donkor, Stephen. “Water in Africa: Management Options to Enhance Survival and Growth.” Economic Commission for Africa. pp 6. September 2006.

2.) Gleick, Peter. “Dirty Water: Estimated Deaths from Water-Related Diseases 2000-2020.” Pacific Institute Research Report. pp 12. 15 August 2002.

3.) Hinman, Lawrence. Ethics: A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Theory. 4th ed. Thomson Wadsworth. 2008.

4.) Semba, Richard. “Purchase of Drinking Water is Associated with Increased Child Morbidity and Mortality Among Urban Slum-Dwelling Families in Indonesia.” International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health.” Vol 212. pp 387-397. 2009.

5.) Smith, Russell. “Africa’s Potential Water Wars.” BBC News. 15 November 1999. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/454926.stm>