This is Jordan Water demand currently exceeds availability.

This is Jordan

Water demand currently exceeds availability

This can hapen

Over two fifths of the worlds

population go without water…

So many people waste water daily…Jordan can’t afford

to

…The Middle East’s 5% of the population

has only 1% of its water

Water shortage!

Across the world, millions of people

drink polluted water to survive

• There is growing tourism which makes the situation worse!

oThe Middle East is the driest region in the world, with only 1% of the worlds water but 5% of the worlds population.

o Agriculture requires 60% of the regions total water budget and the figure is rising…

Schools and mosques use a lot of water

o There is very uneven distribution of rainfall and high temperatures.

o Climate change is expected to make things worse