Flow: For Love of Water Movie Questions

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1. How many people a year die from water-born diseases?

2. How much of the Earth is covered in water?

3. The green revolution brought chemical agriculture to India. What problems accompanied this?

4. What is the main pesticide used in the United States and what type of pesticide is it?

5. What is potable water?

6. What happened when Bolivia privatized the water systems in 1999?

7. How long do some people in South Africa go without clean water?

8. In India how have they made drinking water affordable? How much does getting water this way cost?

9. How big is the global industry of water?

10. Is bottled water safer than tap water?

11. Dams provide a valuable source of hydroelectricity. If you had to choose between keeping dams for clean
electricity or getting rid of them for sustained water flow which would you choose and why?
12. How was a forest and farms created in the desert?

13. How much does Nestle pay to extract water from the streams?

14. Will this affect how often you buy bottled water?

15. What are they petitioning the UN for?

16. Name 1 alternative to supply water to small villages.

17. What are the benefits and disadvantages of privatizing water treatment facilities? Do you think that privatization
will improve water treatments?

18. Do you think it is fair to charge people for clean water? Why or why not?
 Answers

1. How many people a year die from water-born diseases?

(2 million)
2. How much of the Earth is covered in water?
(70 %)
3. The green revolution brought chemical agriculture to India. What problems accompanied this?
(crops are inefficient in water use, 5-10 times more water used for same amount of crops, get in drinking water)
4. What is the main pesticide used in the United States and what type of pesticide is it?
(atrazine, herbicides)
5. What is potable water?
(drinking water)
6. What happened when Bolivia privatized the water systems in 1999?
(War)
7. How long do some people in South Africa go without clean water?
(4 weeks)
8. In India how have they made drinking water affordable? How much does getting water this way cost?
(UV water purification) (2$ per year per person – for 10L a day)
9. How big is the global industry of water?
(400 billion)
10. Is bottled water safer than tap water?
(no- less regulations)
11. Dams provide a valuable source of hydroelectricity. If you had to choose between keeping dams for clean
electricity or getting rid of them for sustained water flow which would you choose and why?
12. How was a forest and farms created in the desert?
(Community came together to build water harvesting structure)
13. How much does Nestle pay to extract water from the streams?
(NOTHING)
14. Will this affect how often you buy bottled water?
15. What are they petitioning the UN for?
(add right to water as a basic human right)
16. Describe 1 alternative to supply water to small villages.
(wells, rain-water collection systems (from roof))
17. What are the benefits and disadvantages of privatizing water treatment facilities? Do you think that privatization
will improve water treatments?
18. Do you think it is fair to charge people for clean water? Why or why not?