Worldwide water shortage on the horizon

A growing international water crisis is forcing governments to rethink how they value and use and manage water, especially because economic development hinges on water availability. 

Drinking water supplies, agriculture, energy production and generation, mining and industry all require large quantities of water.

In the future, these sectors will be competing for increasingly limited freshwater resources, making water supply availability a major economic driver in the 21st century.

By 2025 more than half the nations in the world will face freshwater stress or shortages and by 2050 as much as 75 percent of the world’s population could face freshwater scarcity. … more>>