Chile

• Where


  conflict along the Loa River Basin, Atacama Desert Chile
• Atacama Desert


  recieves average of 1mm rain per year - one of the driest places in the world
• Conflict


  between demand for water for mining and demand for water for grape growing

  Copper accounts for 70% of Chilean exports, agriculture just 25%

  Copper mines have more power so are diverting the water away from the vineyards and to them
• Impacts


  grapevines are being left to die, 30% grape growers jave sold some or all of their water rights, in some areas the water table has fallen to over 140m below the surface
• Management


  The conflict is not being managed and the copper industry is still taking the water