History needed:

1) Knowing the culture that is using water along with their habits with water use. This is important since cultures are so different, there could be habits that might need to be addressed. The issue could be the habits are rooted in religion.

2) History that would also be needed would be the past to present political issue. If there is a conflict in the region I would recommend they build a water treatment I would prefer it not to get attack ever.

3) Lastly knowing where funds are going to will help decide what water system would be best for them.

If I could go back in time to the middle east I would worried based off of the time period. The reason for a bit of fear is if I jump back only ten years there wouldn’t be a decent solution due to the fact that conflicts have already been accuring.  To start off, I would be talking about Syria and the water solutions with why they would be best. The reason for this pick was due to what seems to be the country with the worst water distribution system. Secondly I feel that there is some frame work already in place with Syria’s water system but based off of what I have researched recently, along with some of the articles, its infrastructure is fragmented. So let’s get to it, I took the liberty to bring up a common method brought up in many years ago and why it didn’t work. The main plan was to take water from the Jordan, and pipe it down to Syria. Sounds perfect right? Well the issue is they already are doing this, the plan was to actually move the location farther north above where other major cities get water. Kind of confusing I know, Syria’s plan was to take water from all cities before they had the chance to get water from their water pumping location is more south of where Syria will move it to.

What I would recommend is a waste water treatment facility. This water structure would be somewhat of a fix since it would build off of existing water pipes and would provide a set amount of water for agriculture, without using more water to fuel agriculture.

My desired location to look up will be google scholar, Albertsons library and UN accredited websites. The reason for the last pick is the UN has a lot of information on almost all situations going on, surprisingly they release most of this information on websites and other mediums with little bias.

If I were able to rewind time I would travel back and advise most of the Middle Eastern countries as they all have different social and economic conditions and amounts or access to natural resources- water. Countries would include Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. All of these countries would need to define their goals and objectives and then translate them into policies, as this is an observation seen in countries that have success in efficient use of their water. I would then tell them information about canals, wells, water pipelines, ways to use rainwater and recycling of water. I am guessing if I am traveling back I would have gone to school to be a water resource engineer and have the knowledge to teach them individually how to construct a good system that will stand the test of time and take into account there specific constraints and advantages. I would do my best to give them as much information as possible on water resource management.

From the bit that I was able to gather from reading these article and some miscellaneous research I have done to gain a better understanding of this topic, it doesn’t seem that there is a whole lot that any of these countries are doing correctly that I would want to keep the same. I would recommend that they involve the citizens of these countries to come up with principals that the majority can agree on, come to terms with surrounding countries to keep the peace and promote education and innovation.

I think that the leaders would view my recommendations as worth implementing because I would try and make changes that would produce short-term benefits. This would allow everyone to see some small benefits, which would get the people excited to see the bigger long-term benefits. I am not going to kid myself and think that it would not be a tough challenge to get started and to know that initially there would be a lot of resistance; as most people do not like change and there are many factors to consider that could make it seem impossible. I would present them with as much data and information as possible to show them that if we do not make a drastic change now, they will inevitably cease to exist.

Three pieces of information I would need about the past:

• Detailed information about water management practices
• Social and economic conditions
• Information on the climate and natural resources

I would think that this information would be available from the library and Internet research. I would want to make sure that I get as much primary information as I can but secondary information will also be helpful. As with anything else if I were to use the Internet for research purposes I would have to be careful and make sure the information is accurate.

If I were to travel back into time to talk about these water problems that Syria is having I would go directly to them. First off reading the article and knowing that Syria, Iraq, and Iran are losing water the fastest. Also it is a known fact that 117 million acre-feet stored freshwater vanished due to the lack of leadership and policies. Farmers from Syria had to abandon their land because of the lack of water that was needed in Syria. I few things that I would try to do to help this issue of losing water is first look for a leader that would take action and look for a change. Second off I would implement strategies that would make it harder to waste water, and cut down on the amount used each day. Lastly, instead of having these fights with other people and countries. I would advise and create a plan of action that would allow countries to come together to help conserve water and sharing a water source so that people aren’t likely to hoard water such as Turkey did. According to religion and beliefs, I think they need to disregard that for now. Water as we all know is needed in life. Without water people are going to die off. Yes, religion and beliefs are important but in this case we need people to realize that and take charge bringing people together and on the same track of conserving water.

 

It’s hard to say if there is anything that I would keep the same because it seems as if everyone is having troubles conserving water. I would say this Jordanians seem like they did a decent job as conserving water although on the other hand there has been people fleeing to them. Water will eventually run out therefor yes, they do a good job conserving it but at the same time they are going to need some changes to bring in more water to compromise all the people coming in.

 

I think the leaders wouldn’t view my recommendations because I may not be credible to them. I’m not one of them and they may not like an outsider coming in and telling them what to do. At the same time if the water crisis go bad enough I think any changes that I brought up is something that all the leaders may think about regardless if its what they want to hear.

 

History needed:

 

What kind of policies is there if any are these countries using?

How much rain are the countries getting and catching for water?

How much water are these countries going through on a daily, monthly, and yearly basis?

 

Great place that I would go to for this information would be the BSU library and get something that might bee peer reviewed. These are always a really good source for a research paper. Any article that has credibility would be a huge plus just to show these leaders of these countries that you have some credibility so they might put some thought into your action plan.