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| A camel takes a drink in Jordan. The Middle East faces conflict if its water shortage is not tackled. (Photograph: Neal Clark/Robert Harding Collection) |
What Does the Arab World Do When its Water Runs Out? Common Dreams
"IN NUMBERS: Middle East water facts
10.7% Food-price inflation in Egypt during 2010.
25% Expected increase in Saudi water demand up to 2020.
2.9% Yemen population growth each year.
14 cubic kilometres of water loss from Dead Sea in the past 30 years (1980-2010).
240 cubic metres per person annual water use in Israel.
75 cubic metres per person annual water use in Palestinian West Bank.
$0.53 Cost per cubic metre of desalinated water.
120 Desalination plants throughout UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait and Iran."
