The water crisis case studies.

Peru:

• Ica valley.
• Desert area in the Andes.
• One of the driest places on earth.
• Depletion of local water sources for irrigation of asparagus fields.
• Exports of the asparagus go to the UK. The UK is the worlds 6th largest importer of virtual water (the water needed to create the goods a country imports.)
• Depleting water supplies to smaller farmers and local families who are finding wells running dry and the water source for the main city is also under threat.
• The local water table has plummeted since 2002 when extraction over took replenishment.
• In some areas…