WATER POWERS AND WATER WARS

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

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

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,

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

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