Water Use and Stress

Water Use and Stress - Our World in Data

Global freshwater use has increased approximately six-fold since 1900. Freshwater use includes freshwater withdrawals for agriculture, industry, and municipal ...

Water Stress: A Global Problem That's Getting Worse

Water stress or scarcity occurs when demand for safe, usable water in a given area exceeds the supply. On the demand side, the vast majority—roughly 70 percent— ...

25 Countries Face Extremely High Water Stress

Water stress, the ratio of water demand to renewable supply, measures the competition over local water resources. The smaller the gap between ...

The world's road to water scarcity: shortage and stress in ... - Nature

Water stress refers to the impact of high water use (either withdrawals or consumption) relative to water availability. Use of a large portion ...

2.4 billion people lived in water-stressed countries - — SDG Indicators

Although global water stress levels (the ratio of freshwater withdrawn to total renewable freshwater resources) remained at a safe level of 18.2 per cent in ...

Progress on Level of Water Stress – 2021 Update

When a territory withdraws 25 per cent or more of its renewable freshwater resources it is said to be 'water-stressed'. The monitoring of ...

Water Scarcity | Threats | WWF - World Wildlife Fund

Today, 41% of the world's population lives in river basins that are under water stress. Concern about water availability grows as freshwater use continues at ...

Reassessing the projections of the World Water Development Report

About 73% of the people affected by water scarcity presently live in Asia. In the 2010s, groundwater use globally amounted to 800 km3 per year.

What your company can do to reduce water stress | McKinsey

A company's water footprint can be seen in four key areas of its value chain: raw materials, suppliers, direct operations, and product use.

Half the World to Face Severe Water Stress by 2030 unless ... - UNEP

Paris/Nairobi, 21 March 2016 - Without altering current levels of water consumption and pollution, almost half of the world's population ...

Statistics | UN World Water Development Report - UNESCO

Water availability and stress · Roughly half of the world's population experiences severe water scarcity for at least part of the year. · Water ...

SDG 6 – Indicators of water use efficiency and water stress

Indicator 6.4.2 - Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources.

The Problems of water stress - European Environment Agency

Water stress, which is pressure on the quantity and quality of water resources, exists in many places throughout Europe, resulting in serious problems of water ...

Water Stress - Water Scarcity Atlas

Water stress can be thought of as demand-driven scarcity, while water shortage is population-driven. Stress can occur even with a small population if water use ...

Water - the United Nations

... management of water and sanitation for all. Photo: UNOPS. Global Issues ... 2 billion people live in countries experiencing high water stress. (UN 2019) ...

Articles The number of people exposed to water stress in relation to ...

Introduction. Human demand for water worldwide has increased six times over the past century and continues to rise at a rate of around 1% per year due to ...

Water Scarcity | UN-Water

Water has to be treated as a scarce resource. · IWRM can control water stress. When a territory withdraws 25 per cent or more of its renewable freshwater ...

Water Stress and Productivity: An Empirical Analysis of Trends and ...

An econometric analysis is used to evaluate the relationship between water stress and productivity at the country level. A 1.0% increase in ...

A Review of Water Stress and Water Footprint Accounting - MDPI

Physical water stress means that there is not enough water (in terms of quantity and quality) to meet all demand (including requirements of ecosystems) [34], ...

Strains on freshwater resources: The impact of food production on ...

Besides such domestic use, water is an essential input to agriculture and for other goods and services. These non-domestic uses are by far the ...