Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa

Most of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) cannot meet current water demand. Many countries face full-blown crises, and the situation is likely to get even worse. Estimates show that per capita water availability will be cut in half by 2050, with serious consequences for aquifers and natural hydrological systems. Demand for water supplies and irrigation services will change as economies grow and populations increase, with an attendant need to address industrial and urban pollution. Some 60 percent of the region's water flows across international borders, further complicating the resource management challenge. Rainfall patterns are predicted to shift as a result of climate change. The social, economic, and budgetary consequences of these challenges are enormous. The supply of drinking water could become more erratic, necessitating greater reliance on expensive desalination technologies, and increasing drought would require emergency supplies brought by tanker or barge. Service outages would put stress on expensive network and distribution infrastructure. Unreliable sources of irrigation water would depress farmer incomes, economic and physical dislocation would increase with the depletion of aquifers and unreliability of supplies, and local conflicts could intensify. All of this would have short- and long-term effects on economic growth and poverty, exacerbate social tensions within and between communities, and put increasing pressure on public budgets.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-06
Subjects:ALLOCATION SYSTEM, AQUIFERS, AUGMENTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, DECISION MAKERS, DECISION MAKERS NEED, DECISION MAKING, DEMAND FOR WATER, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, DESALINATION, DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, EQUITABLE ALLOCATION, FARMERS, FLOODS, FRESHWATER, GROUNDWATER, HOUSEHOLDS, INDUSTRIAL WATER, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION WATER, LAND USE, LARGE WATER RESOURCE, PIPED WATER, POLITICS OF WATER, POLLUTION, PRESSURE, PROGRAMS, PROVISION OF WATER, PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY, PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, RAINFALL, RAINFALL PATTERNS, RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES, RIVER BASIN, RIVERS, SANITATION, SANITATION SERVICES, SCARCITY OF WATER, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVISION, STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT, TARIFF REFORM, TRANSPARENCY, UTILITIES, WATER ALLOCATIONS, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER CYCLE, WATER DEMAND, WATER DISTRICTS, WATER FLOWS, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER NEED, WATER NEEDS, WATER POLICIES, WATER POLICY, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICE, WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS, WATER SERVICES, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SERVICES, WATER SYSTEM, WATER USE, WATER USES,
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spelling dig-okr-10986117212024-08-08T16:24:37Z Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa World Bank ALLOCATION SYSTEM AQUIFERS AUGMENTATION CLIMATE CHANGE DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKERS NEED DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DESALINATION DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EQUITABLE ALLOCATION FARMERS FLOODS FRESHWATER GROUNDWATER HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL WATER IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAND USE LARGE WATER RESOURCE PIPED WATER POLITICS OF WATER POLLUTION PRESSURE PROGRAMS PROVISION OF WATER PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH RAINFALL RAINFALL PATTERNS RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES RIVER BASIN RIVERS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SCARCITY OF WATER SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT TARIFF REFORM TRANSPARENCY UTILITIES WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CYCLE WATER DEMAND WATER DISTRICTS WATER FLOWS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER NEED WATER NEEDS WATER POLICIES WATER POLICY WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SYSTEM WATER USE WATER USES Most of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) cannot meet current water demand. Many countries face full-blown crises, and the situation is likely to get even worse. Estimates show that per capita water availability will be cut in half by 2050, with serious consequences for aquifers and natural hydrological systems. Demand for water supplies and irrigation services will change as economies grow and populations increase, with an attendant need to address industrial and urban pollution. Some 60 percent of the region's water flows across international borders, further complicating the resource management challenge. Rainfall patterns are predicted to shift as a result of climate change. The social, economic, and budgetary consequences of these challenges are enormous. The supply of drinking water could become more erratic, necessitating greater reliance on expensive desalination technologies, and increasing drought would require emergency supplies brought by tanker or barge. Service outages would put stress on expensive network and distribution infrastructure. Unreliable sources of irrigation water would depress farmer incomes, economic and physical dislocation would increase with the depletion of aquifers and unreliability of supplies, and local conflicts could intensify. All of this would have short- and long-term effects on economic growth and poverty, exacerbate social tensions within and between communities, and put increasing pressure on public budgets. 2012-08-13T15:50:03Z 2012-08-13T15:50:03Z 2009-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10626480/making-most-scarcity-accountability-better-water-management-middle-east-north-africa https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11721 English Water P-Notes; No. 40 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC
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topic ALLOCATION SYSTEM
AQUIFERS
AUGMENTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION MAKERS NEED
DECISION MAKING
DEMAND FOR WATER
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
DESALINATION
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
EQUITABLE ALLOCATION
FARMERS
FLOODS
FRESHWATER
GROUNDWATER
HOUSEHOLDS
INDUSTRIAL WATER
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION WATER
LAND USE
LARGE WATER RESOURCE
PIPED WATER
POLITICS OF WATER
POLLUTION
PRESSURE
PROGRAMS
PROVISION OF WATER
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RAINFALL
RAINFALL PATTERNS
RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES
RIVER BASIN
RIVERS
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICES
SCARCITY OF WATER
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT
TARIFF REFORM
TRANSPARENCY
UTILITIES
WATER ALLOCATIONS
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CYCLE
WATER DEMAND
WATER DISTRICTS
WATER FLOWS
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER NEED
WATER NEEDS
WATER POLICIES
WATER POLICY
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLIES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
WATER SYSTEM
WATER USE
WATER USES
ALLOCATION SYSTEM
AQUIFERS
AUGMENTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION MAKERS NEED
DECISION MAKING
DEMAND FOR WATER
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
DESALINATION
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
EQUITABLE ALLOCATION
FARMERS
FLOODS
FRESHWATER
GROUNDWATER
HOUSEHOLDS
INDUSTRIAL WATER
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION WATER
LAND USE
LARGE WATER RESOURCE
PIPED WATER
POLITICS OF WATER
POLLUTION
PRESSURE
PROGRAMS
PROVISION OF WATER
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RAINFALL
RAINFALL PATTERNS
RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES
RIVER BASIN
RIVERS
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICES
SCARCITY OF WATER
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT
TARIFF REFORM
TRANSPARENCY
UTILITIES
WATER ALLOCATIONS
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CYCLE
WATER DEMAND
WATER DISTRICTS
WATER FLOWS
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER NEED
WATER NEEDS
WATER POLICIES
WATER POLICY
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLIES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
WATER SYSTEM
WATER USE
WATER USES
spellingShingle ALLOCATION SYSTEM
AQUIFERS
AUGMENTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION MAKERS NEED
DECISION MAKING
DEMAND FOR WATER
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
DESALINATION
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
EQUITABLE ALLOCATION
FARMERS
FLOODS
FRESHWATER
GROUNDWATER
HOUSEHOLDS
INDUSTRIAL WATER
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION WATER
LAND USE
LARGE WATER RESOURCE
PIPED WATER
POLITICS OF WATER
POLLUTION
PRESSURE
PROGRAMS
PROVISION OF WATER
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RAINFALL
RAINFALL PATTERNS
RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES
RIVER BASIN
RIVERS
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICES
SCARCITY OF WATER
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT
TARIFF REFORM
TRANSPARENCY
UTILITIES
WATER ALLOCATIONS
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CYCLE
WATER DEMAND
WATER DISTRICTS
WATER FLOWS
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER NEED
WATER NEEDS
WATER POLICIES
WATER POLICY
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLIES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
WATER SYSTEM
WATER USE
WATER USES
ALLOCATION SYSTEM
AQUIFERS
AUGMENTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION MAKERS NEED
DECISION MAKING
DEMAND FOR WATER
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
DESALINATION
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
EQUITABLE ALLOCATION
FARMERS
FLOODS
FRESHWATER
GROUNDWATER
HOUSEHOLDS
INDUSTRIAL WATER
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION WATER
LAND USE
LARGE WATER RESOURCE
PIPED WATER
POLITICS OF WATER
POLLUTION
PRESSURE
PROGRAMS
PROVISION OF WATER
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RAINFALL
RAINFALL PATTERNS
RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES
RIVER BASIN
RIVERS
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICES
SCARCITY OF WATER
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT
TARIFF REFORM
TRANSPARENCY
UTILITIES
WATER ALLOCATIONS
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CYCLE
WATER DEMAND
WATER DISTRICTS
WATER FLOWS
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER NEED
WATER NEEDS
WATER POLICIES
WATER POLICY
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLIES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
WATER SYSTEM
WATER USE
WATER USES
World Bank
Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa
description Most of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) cannot meet current water demand. Many countries face full-blown crises, and the situation is likely to get even worse. Estimates show that per capita water availability will be cut in half by 2050, with serious consequences for aquifers and natural hydrological systems. Demand for water supplies and irrigation services will change as economies grow and populations increase, with an attendant need to address industrial and urban pollution. Some 60 percent of the region's water flows across international borders, further complicating the resource management challenge. Rainfall patterns are predicted to shift as a result of climate change. The social, economic, and budgetary consequences of these challenges are enormous. The supply of drinking water could become more erratic, necessitating greater reliance on expensive desalination technologies, and increasing drought would require emergency supplies brought by tanker or barge. Service outages would put stress on expensive network and distribution infrastructure. Unreliable sources of irrigation water would depress farmer incomes, economic and physical dislocation would increase with the depletion of aquifers and unreliability of supplies, and local conflicts could intensify. All of this would have short- and long-term effects on economic growth and poverty, exacerbate social tensions within and between communities, and put increasing pressure on public budgets.
topic_facet ALLOCATION SYSTEM
AQUIFERS
AUGMENTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION MAKERS NEED
DECISION MAKING
DEMAND FOR WATER
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
DESALINATION
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
EQUITABLE ALLOCATION
FARMERS
FLOODS
FRESHWATER
GROUNDWATER
HOUSEHOLDS
INDUSTRIAL WATER
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION WATER
LAND USE
LARGE WATER RESOURCE
PIPED WATER
POLITICS OF WATER
POLLUTION
PRESSURE
PROGRAMS
PROVISION OF WATER
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY
PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RAINFALL
RAINFALL PATTERNS
RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES
RIVER BASIN
RIVERS
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICES
SCARCITY OF WATER
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT
TARIFF REFORM
TRANSPARENCY
UTILITIES
WATER ALLOCATIONS
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CYCLE
WATER DEMAND
WATER DISTRICTS
WATER FLOWS
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER NEED
WATER NEEDS
WATER POLICIES
WATER POLICY
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLIES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
WATER SYSTEM
WATER USE
WATER USES
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa
title_short Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa
title_full Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa
title_fullStr Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa
title_full_unstemmed Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa
title_sort making the most of scarcity : accountability for better water management in the middle east and north africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2009-06
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10626480/making-most-scarcity-accountability-better-water-management-middle-east-north-africa
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