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August 21, 2006
Water Shortages Affect One-Third of World Population
A new report, released today at World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, said that fully one-third of all people in the world face some form of water shortage now; not in 2025 as previously predicted.
The report, called the Comprehensive Assessment of Water said that while seventy-four percent of all freshwater used goes to agriculture, industry uses eighteen percent, and communities use only eight percent.
Sixty-five percent of all freshwater is held in soil, the result of rain, while thirty-five percent is in rivers and lakes and in aquifers deep underground.
World demand for food is expected to almost double by 2050 as population grows which means farmers will need to do more than ever to use water productively, as reported by the Voice of America News (VOA).
Posted by Stephen Betheil at August 21, 2006 06:19 PM
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