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Water Scarcity to Hit
Two-Thirds of the World
in 10 Years
“Currently, the status of water
resources is worrying, since
groundwater levels have fallen by
20% and many parts of the world
are faced with a lack of water.” This
is what Seyyed Mohsen Tabatabaei,
the Secretary of the Iran Urban
Economics Scientific Association
(IUESA), said and warned about the
increasing growth in the need for
water.
The secretary followed his statement
with a more important cause of
alarm, saying that about two-thirds
or the world’s population will suffer
from severe or relative scarcity by
2025 according to some experts.
Right now, 80% of the world’s
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population has access to only 20% of
the world’s safe drinking water.
Tabatabei’s call to action is the
investment of developing countries
in their water and sanitation sector.
He also urged city managements to
make specific decisions to reduce
water consumption by having
a scientific and comprehensive
approach to water consumption
management.
He believes that water and its
resources remain core issues related
to sustainable development – food
security, health and environment are
all affected by water.
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