World Bank Warns Of Water-Resources Crisis
Afghan children carrying water from a well (epa)
In a report released on March 11, the World Bank said water availability per person in the region was set to drop by half by 2050.
The World Bank said that many countries in the area already faced full-blown crises in meeting water demand, and that was likely to worsen without reform.
(Reuters)
An Iraqi boy drinks from a waste-water reservoir near Baghdad (epa file photo)
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. Disputes about access to water are increasingly coming to the center of global attention, especially in China, India, and Central Asia. Writing about the 1967 Six Day War in his 2001 memoirs, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that "while border disputes between Syria and ourselves were of great significance, the matter of water diversion was a stark issue of life and death." (more)
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