INTERNATIONAL WATER - ENGINER OF HUMAN UNITY BY OLADOKUNSULAIMAN

International water- engine of human unity
“ a water( ocean or river ) is a living entity providing a source of wealth which ought to be shared equitably as a legacy among its beneficiaries” This how the UN put after various analysis work reguarding transboundary water.a statement put together under strong doctrine of faireness, equal share of natural resouces- and importance for everysingle being to benefit from natuaral resources---infact under thelaw of the sea, countries that are land luck have right to get share of the ocean resouces through some of the paragraph of the law- the law of international water resources system is peculiar to rivers.

Water resources by their nature always link two countries together – integrative planning cal for need for continuity of organized cooperation – recent time has reveled to many countries the fact of their common needs, for food, energy, drinking water are outweighing the jurisdiction or political dispute and this is what lead to issues of “law of the sea “ that govern ocean which I have discussed in my previous posting. like wise for rives the joint use of international water has a become a critical issue.lets have a look at some background -

The world share 214 rivers, 148 of which flow through two countries, 31 through three countries and the rest through four or more countries:


12 big one through five or more countries – viz:
Danube through 12 countries
Niger through 10 countries
Nile an Congo through 9 countries
Zamzebar and Rhine through 8 countries
Amazon through 7 countries
Chad, Volta and Mekong through 6 countries
Laplata and Elbe through 5 countries

Rivers splashed into land fro benefit of man whether or not it lies within a single jurisdiction or not – issue of sovereignty, demarcating lines , subject it to intense political consideration that make it difficult to develop the potentials in rivers. When it is national rivers, government of the country can deal with social, administrative and economic problems; even then competing claims of the constituent’s states may make a solution difficult.


However when it falls within territories of two or more countries, political differences aggravate the problems of integrated planning. Then government becomes claimant and disputant in the issue of their interest. Therefore success of international water requires depends on prevailing political atmosphere and reconciliation of conflicting claims. This has lead to raising new issue under international law governing international water like the law of the sea governing the ocean that I have discussed on my previous posting. Therefore managing and controlling the natural force of rivers has prompt the UN to sponsor program that will ensure:


Cooperative basin scheme to maximize use of water resources
Multinational and bilateral treaties to create legal right and obligation
Proceeding sponsorship for information sharing and better cooperation
Hydro-methodological survey for better understand of needs

analysis in respect to human:


Nmm, watching and thinking over nature and how perfect it is made, in the name of connectivity give is one of the biggest sing of a big role nature itself play in human defining the purpose of our creation and being. it was the ocean and the seas of the world that first join human together, then the rivers from their various sources miraculously join together from small to big before they finally run into the sea. The differences in this water make them so unique and make everywhere so unique and beautify our world. Means by which we are connected today either through the wholeness aero – hydro dynamic system- is not suffice for this to tell human that even nature that cannot talk or think, but act under ordered course in many ways is able to unite, there is so beauty in unison of nature everywhere we find it - we need to know that the ecosystem is linked together for reason, so are the rivers the ocean , the air, the waters- they are being coordinate in complete and interesting harmony despite the fact that they are exist for our own use. And that is why they are beautiful and peaceful and this show that it is

Only through unity we can achieve peace in which ultimate joy and happiness lies in every facet of human society- the science behind water and air that are naturally joined together and their behavior show us so much about how power full they agree in order to main the beauty in them and their coordination – as human we are obligated and we do design system to match their natural frequency – this what make all what we built today to work---as u can see international are like engine to furtehr assit human to cometogether...SO IS IT THAT WITHING OURSELVE WE MUST WORK TOGETHER , NO MATTER WHICH SOCIETY WE FIND OURSELVE WE MUST ADJUST OURSELVE TO A FREQUENCY OF OTHERS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN PEACE AND HARMONY - How do we do this , they say , "study of culture is perfection" as survey of environment help us to understand work with nature , so does culture help us to understand ourselves better-Our interdependency is invitable" no man an island , entire of itself " and" with malice to none, friendship to all "we can all make it and we can all be happy .



Lets further look at some facts about water as given my the following URL:

http://www.waterindustry.org/Water-Facts/world-water.htm

International Water Distribution- Not all wet



As we in water-rich countries take our daily showers, water the lawn or laze about in the pool, it's easy to forget that fresh water is a life-or-death issue in many parts of the world.

Of a population of roughly 6.1 billion, more than 1 billion lack access to potable water. The World Health Organization says that at any time, up to half of humanity has one of the six main diseases -- diarrhea, schistosomiasis, or trachoma, or infestation with ascaris, guinea worm, or hookworm -- associated with poor drinking water and inadequate sanitation. About 5 million people die each year from poor drinking water, poor sanitation, or a dirty home environment -- often resulting from water shortage.

Parched places
One glance at the map tells you that water is shortest in equatorial countries, often where populations are rising. (Population data below from Population Reference Bureau).

China, with 1.26 billion people, is "the one area worrying most people most of the time," says Marq de Villiers, author of the recently published "Water " In dry Northern China, he says, "the water table is dropping one meter per year due to overpumping, and the Chinese admit that 300 cities are running short. They are diverting water from agriculture and farmers are going out of business." Some Chinese rivers are so polluted with heavy metals that they can't be used for irrigation, he adds.

"They're disgraceful, unusable, industrial sewers," says de Villiers. As farmers go out of business, China will have to import more food.

In India, home to 1.002 billion people, key aquifers are being overpumped, and the soil is growing saltier through contamination with irrigation water. Irrigation was a key to increasing food production in India during the green revolution, and as the population surges toward a projected 1.363 billion in 2025, its crops will continue to depend on clean water and clean soil.

Israel (population 6.2 million), invented many water-conserving technologies, but water withdrawals still exceed resupply. Overpumping of aquifers along the coast is allowing seawater to pollute drinking water. Like neighboring Jordan, Israel is largely dependent on the Jordan River for fresh water.

Water Fight
Egypt, whose population of 68 million may reach 97 million by 2025, gets essentially no rainfall. All agriculture is irrigated by seasonal floods from the Nile River, and from water stored behind the Aswan High Dam. Any interference with water flow by Sudan or Ethiopia could starve Egypt.

"The Nile is one I worry about," says Sandra Postel, director of the Global Water Policy Project. Egypt, she says, is militarily powerful but vulnerable. "The hydropolitics might favor some military action, because Egypt is so heavily dependent on the Nile, it's already virtually tapping out the supply, and Ethiopia is now getting interested in developing the headwaters."

When a World Bank official suggested several years ago that water wars are not far off, he might have had Egypt on his mind -- or Turkey, Syria and Iraq, another trio of Middle-Eastern states that are locked in an uncomfortable embrace over water.

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers both rise in Turkey and flow unimpeded to Syria and Iraq, where they provide the bulk of irrigation water needed in the arid climate. Turkey has proposed a series of dams that would reduce river flow. That causes alarm downstream.

A working river
International water politics play a role in the Southwestern United States, where the Colorado River is shared by many states before its dregs trickle into Mexico. All along the river, water is diverted for irrigation and urban water -- with Arizona and California the biggest users. Because Mexico uses the dribble of water that reaches it for irrigation, virtually nothing reaches the river's once-fertile -- and now parched and polluted -- delta on the Sea of Cortez.

The Colorado may be completely allocated, but the Southwest continues booming. According to one estimate, five of the 10 fastest-growing U.S. states are in the river's drainage. The water the newcomers drink is likely to come from farmers who now receive subsidized river water.

The rivers we've mentioned are some of the 200 and 300 major lakes and rivers that transcend national boundaries. The list includes such major items as the Nile, the Amur River between Russia and parched northern China, the Niger in Africa, and the Mekong, Indus and Ganges in Asia.

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