Water becomes a more Costly and Regionally more Scarce Resource

What we know about water so far:

• Only 2.5% of the world's water is freshwater
• Every form of water (solid, liquid, gas) (fresh- or salt water) is connected over the world's water cycle
• 11% of the global population is still without access to water
• When it comes to safe water, even less people have access: only one in six.
• By the year 2015 the water availability in Africa and South-East-Asia will be catastrophically low for nations like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Saudi-Arabia or India
• The access to safe water is unequally distributed in the world
• Whereas Americans use 100 gallons of water a day, people living in Sub-Sahara-Africa use only 2-5 gallons of water a day
• 70% of the water is used for irrigation
• Most of the countries in North and Sub-Sahara Africa, as well as countries in South-East-Asia use more than 75% of their withdrawn water for agricultural
• Water scarcity can be physical or economic
  
  
  
  
   Why is it important to know about these facts? 
  
  
  This You Tube video gives a first hint: The World's Water - Fidelity Investment 
  
  
  In the video it says: “This water stress could further accelerate regional water issues and border disputes. This is already happening in the Middle East....Water, becoming a more costly and regionally more scarce resource, will have massive economic, ecological and geopolitical implications.”
  
  
  I will think about it.