World Population Will Lack Access To Clean Water by 2050

With rising population and limited fresh water resources, at least 25% of the world population will lack access to clean water by 2050. The global demand for fresh water is projected to grow by more than 40% and highly-populated countries like India, China and Bangladesh will face a “chronic or recurrent” lack of clean water.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council that “strains on water access are already rising in all regions”, noting that three-quarters of the 193 UN member states share rivers or lake basins with their neighbors.

“Water, peace and security are inextricably linked. Without effective management of our water resources, we risk intensified disputes between communities and sectors and increased tensions among nations”, Guterres said.

The water crisis on the planet will only get worse in the coming decades.

“If current patterns of consumption continue unabated, two-thirds of the world’s population will be facing water shortages as a daily reality by 2025”, Morales added.

Currently, over 800 million people across the world lack access to safe drinking water and more than 2.5 billion don’t have basic sanitation.

Somalia is already facing acute food shortages and threatening famine and a lack of clean water that is exacerbating the crisis sparked by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria and sickening thousands.

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9 Comments on "World Population Will Lack Access To Clean Water by 2050"

onlooker on Thu, 8th Jun 2017 2:12 pm

Another marker on the road to extinction of species including ourselves. Enuf said

You Don't Want to Know Me on Thu, 8th Jun 2017 2:19 pm

There’ll be a lot of other shit the world population will lack access to as well.

World population better be prepared to take a hit.

drwater on Thu, 8th Jun 2017 6:23 pm

“If current patterns of consumption continue unabated, two-thirds of the world’s population will be facing water shortages as a daily reality by 2025”

B.S. I don’t see any basis for going from 10% to 66% of world population without safe water in 8 years. If anything, technology will probably reduce the % of world population without safe drinking water. Now, irrigation water could be a whole different thing, but probably not that drastic that fast.

Go Speed Racer on Thu, 8th Jun 2017 6:59 pm

If the well goes dry, they can drink bottled water.

onlooker on Thu, 8th Jun 2017 11:16 pm

Now, irrigation water could be a whole different thing, but probably not that drastic that fast.—That water is what allows so many crops to grow, less water = less crops

JuanP on Fri, 9th Jun 2017 7:09 am