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an hour agoA quarter of the globe's population is threatened by water shortages
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Nearly a quarter of the world's population, living in 17 countries, is suffering severe water shortages, very close to the situation when no water will ever emerge from the faucet during an arch today. The map prepared by the World Resources Institute estimates the scale [...]
The map prepared by the World Resources Institute estimates the extent of the risk of water shortages, droughts and floods of rivers.
Agriculture, industry and municipalities absorb 80% of the groundwater on average in one year in the 17 states involved in the study, mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
These countries are Qatar, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Eritrea, United Arab Emirates, San Marino, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Oman, Botswana and India, the second most populated country in the world.
