Who Owns the Water? — River Basin Negotiation Lab
Who Owns the Water? — River Basin Negotiation Lab Do Geography Lab · Water and Power Who Owns the Water? A river crosses boundaries, but authority stops at them. Operate reservoirs, divide scarce water, and write rules for three basins whose geography makes cooperation necessary and conflict tempting. The river never signed the treaty. Every unit stored upstream can make electricity or provide drought insurance. It can also become a unit that does not arrive downstream when expected. 1. Read the basins 2. Operate the river 3. Divide the water 4. Write the rules 5. Explain the geography Your assignment Manage one season in each basin. Your job is not to maximize a single score. It is to decide which risks are acceptable, who carries them, and whether a rule that seems fair in one river travels well to another. Model rule Water units an...