Clean Water and Sanitation (6)

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 6. Ensure availability of water and sanitation for all.

• [New] Around 40% of the world's population is affected by water scarcity - one of the symptoms of drought - and that by 2030, 700 million people will be forced to leave their homes because of drought.
• [New] Without efforts to increase water resources and reduce water stress, by 2030 South Africa will have a 17 per cent water deficit between supply and demand.
• [New] Global warming is expected to account for about 20% of the global increase in water scarcity this century.
• [New] The worldwide market for Instant Full Cream Milk Powder is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly 4.7% over the next five years, will reach US$2950 million in 2024, from US$2230 million in 2019.
• [New] If the fast-approaching climate tipping point is not avoided, then the world will face tremendous loss and damage, including food insecurity, water shortage, infrastructure destruction and displacement due to rising sea levels.
• At current rates, global warming is likely to reach at least 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2052, leading to significant risks to health, livelihoods, food security, water supply, human security, and economic growth.
• Shortage of fresh water may be the primary global threat in the next decade: Water wars to break out in the near-future.
• The Pressure Exchanger devices supplied to the Kingdom's desalination facilities will reduce power consumption by 31.7 megawatts and save over 274 gigawatt hours of energy per year.
• Russia might use the negotiations over the water supply in Crimea as a bargaining chip in its larger effort to advance its preferred scenario in Eastern Ukraine.
• The dryland population vulnerable to water stress, drought intensity and habitat degradation could reach 178 million people by 2050 at 1.5 °C warming, increasing to 220 million people at 2 °C warming and 277 million people at 3 °C warming.
• The ongoing drought in India and related acute water shortage continues, threatening rural communities and leading to greater poverty.
• By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world's population could be living under water stressed conditions.
• Whether due to food and water shortages or extreme conditions, millions of people will move in India.
• Certain agricultural demands may increase more than others with an increasingly wealthier global population, and meat is one commodity expected to double global food demand by 2050, which directly affects the global supply of fresh water.
• Demand for water for agriculture could rise by over 30% between 2000-2030 and could double by 2050, depending on which future scenario is adopted, but will be affected by pressures from industry, domestic use, and the need to maintain environmental flows.
• Demand for water for agriculture could rise by over 30% by 2030, while total global water demand could rise by 35-60% between 2000 and 2025, and could double by 2050 owing to pressures from industry, domestic use and the need to maintain environmental flows.
• Demand for water is expected to increase until 2050, with a 20-30% increase in water use levels.
• Water supplies are running dangerously low for one-quarter of the world's population, and China will likely meet at least 5 years early its Paris agreement commitment to level off carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.
• Asia Pacific accounted for 42 per cent of the total installed base of smart water meters in 2018; its share will rise in the coming years as water utilities in China, India, Japan, and South Korea move from trials to large scale deployments, starting in early 2020.
• According to the Water Stress Index 2019, India is the 46 th highest risk country in the world.
• India is the 46 th highest risk country in the world: Water Stress Index 2019.

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Last updated: 16 September 2019