2. WATER POWERS AND WATER WARS
97% of world’s water is salty or brackish.
3% that is freshwater, 99% is in inaccessible glaciers,
0.03% of total is easily accessible freshwater.
1.2 billion without access to clean water
2.6 billion without access to sanitation
Middle East highest cost of water USD 300 Per capita
Two times costly than USA and 5 times costly than
South Asia
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4. China is home to almost 20% of the world population,
but only about 7% of water resources
By 2050, China hopes to move 45 billion cubic meters
of water per year costs 62 billion US dollar
India is home to about 17% of the world’s population
but less than 4% of water resource. Water shortages
will exact rising economic and social costs in the
country
More than 260 major rivers basins are shared by two
or more countries
5. At the turn of this century, almost 40 per cent of the
African population will be at risk of death from water
scarcity or contamination.
One of Israel's strategic concerns in granting territory
to the Palestinians is the future of the mountain aquifer
(25-40)
Waters flowing between India and Pakistan, Indus
Waters Treaty (IWT), a long-standing agreement
Signed in 1960, considered the world’s most
successful water treaty,
6. China and India together account for … 52.8 percent of the
world’s rice production, 30.1 percent of the wheat, 21 percent of
the corn, and 28.5 percent of the total grain.
Water scarcity will confront world with food shortage