2. Read page 265

3. What attitude do
these two different
groups demonstrate
toward water?
More than 1 billion
people do not have
access to fresh
drinking water

4. Access to Water
 Read the bottom of
Pg.268
 Do you believe
access to clean
water is a basic
human right?

5. Is clean
drinking water
a human right?
Who should be
responsible for
ensuring that
water supplies
are clean?
This man in Allahabad, India is drinking polluted water from
the Ganges River.

6. Who Controls Water?
 The cost of basic services, such as health
care, often increases when they are provided by
private companies (rather than by the government)
 The World Bank pressured Bolivia to privatize its
water systems
 Bechtel, an American company, took over, and
water prices increased by about 50 percent.
 The poorest Bolivians could not afford to buy clean
drinking water.

7. Read the top of Pg.269

8. Alberta is Thirsty
 Alberta holds only 2.2 per cent of Canada’s
fresh water.
 Who needs it?
 The booming oil patch, parched farmers’
fields, and a growing number of homes and
businesses.
 Where does Alberta’s water come from?
 Rain and snow
 Glaciers
 What will happen when the glaciers are
gone?

9. Athabasca Glacier
This sign represents the head
of the glacier in 1890
Read the bottom of Pg.269 and respond to Question #1