UN warns world over looming water crisis

The UN is warning that the world could suffer a serious water crisis within 15 years due to rampant population growth and the increasing use of groundwater in farming, industry and for personal consumption
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TOTAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES PER CAPITA Cubic metres (2013)

By 2030, if trends continue

World will have only 60 percent of water it needs

0 500 1,000 1,700 2,500

Absolute scarcity Scarcity Stress Vulnerability
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GLOBAL WATER DEMAND Cubic km

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000

OECD 2000 2050 

BRIICS 2000 2050

Rest of world 2000 2050

World 2000 2050

Irrigation

Domestic

Livestock

Manufacturing

Electricity

OECD = Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

BRIICS = Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China, South Africa

Demand up 55 percent by 2050
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Sources: UN, wire agencies 

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