The WRI published a report on the level of water extraction in relation to the available surface water, and able to come up with water stress ranking of all countries. Water use in different sector such as domestic consumption, agricultural farms, and industrial sectors will be influenced by the change in the water availability, and will have direct impact on economic development. Anyway, the 10 most stressed countries are Bahrain, Kuwait, Palestine, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Lebanon. The whole report can be read at here.
This map shows spatial distribution of the projected water stress by 2040: some of the high projected stress countries are middle east countries, India, China, South Africa, Botswana, Australia, Morocco and Tunisia, Libya, USA, etc
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