Many countries are experiencing water stress
Examples of water use by people.
Water stress is calculated as the ratio of the sum of the blue (withdrawn) and grey (polluted) Water Footprints of Production to available renewable water resources.
Countries experiencing stress on blue water sources include major producers of agricultural goods for national and global markets.
These include India, China, Israel and Morocco. This strain on water resources will only become more acute with increased human populations and economic growth, and be further exacerbated by the effects of climate change.Explore the Water Footprint of Production in different countries on the graph below:
The Water Footprint of Production accounts for the volume of green (rain) and blue (withdrawn) water used to produce agricultural goods from crops and livestock – the major use of water – as well as the grey (polluted) water generated by agriculture and from household and industrial water uses.
All water use and pollution is assigned to the country in which these activities occurred, regardless of where the final products were consumed.
All water use and pollution is assigned to the country in which these activities occurred, regardless of where the final products were consumed.
