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Share of the population without access to an improved water source, 2020. Global access to clean water is a significant global challenge that affects the health, well-being, and development of people worldwide. While progress has been made in recent years, millions of people still lack access to safe and clean drinking water sources.
International competition over water can arise when one country starts drawing more water from a shared water source. [44] This is often the most efficient route to getting needed water, but in the long term can cause conflict if water is overdrafted. More than 50 countries on five continents are said to be at risk of conflict over water. [45]
The country is classified as "water stressed" with a water availability of 1,000–1,700 m 3 /person/year. [57] 21% of countries' diseases are related to water. [58] In 2008, 88% of the population had access and was using improved drinking water sources. [59]
As of 2018, Algeria possessed 80 barrages, 11 desalination stations, 100 water treatment stations and more than 14,000 water storage stations across the country. [77] As a result, the country has one of the highest rates of access to clean drinking water in Africa, along with the highest percentage of wastewater being safely treated in Africa ...
Many parts of India often experience water shortages, especially in the months of May and June - the country's hottest months. Parts of the India's north, south and west have already registered ...
A recent report "Water Cooperation for a Secure World" published by Strategic Foresight Group shows that active water cooperation between countries reduces the risk of war. This conclusion is reached after examining trans-boundary water relations in over 200 shared river basins in 148 countries.
The mayor of a major city in southern Brazil on Tuesday pleaded with residents to comply with his water rationing decree, given that some four-fifths of the population is without running water, a ...
The U.S. also exported 11 metric tons of processed foods to other countries in 2022, with Canada and Mexico being the biggest buyers. The overall export value that year exceeded $38 billion.