Chile leads second category of higher risk of water stress in the world
A quarter of the world's population -which already reaches 7 billion inhabitants- lives in a country that is in "extremely high" conditions of water stress. This means that the need for water that exists in these localities is greater than the existing resources. In this list, Chile comes immediately after with only 0,04 points of difference.
According to the World Resources Institute (WRI, for its acronym in English) in these countries in worse situation on the planet several points come into play, for example, agriculture, industries and municipal administration are responsible for extracting more than 80% of resources. Here is first Qatar (4,97), Israel (4,82) and Lebanon (4,82) in the first places, a list of 17 nations among which is also India (4,12) in the 13 place, followed by Pakistan with 4,05 points. The work, which includes 157 countries for which information is available, was published Tuesday by the international organization to increase alerts about the need to protect resources.
In the next category in terms of risk level, Chile is leading the table with 3,98 points, followed by Cyprus and Yemen. Morocco (3,89) and Mexico (3,86) are also in this “high” risk situation. , Spain (3,74), Egypt (3,07) and is closed by Italy in position 44 with only 3,01 points. At this level, more than 40% of available water supplies are withdrawn each year. One of the biggest problems generated by water stress is that the difference between the water available and that used in various areas of development can bring countries closer to their "zero day", as happened with Cape Town in South Africa last year. past, given the constant droughts that are occurring on the planet. To avoid these risk situations, the WRI provides three recommendations that will keep nations away from situations of high need. The first of these is to increase efficiency in agriculture, as well as invest in infrastructure to allow good use of water resources, and the third is to reuse and recycle occupied water.
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