EGYPT HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM WATER SCARCITY IN RECENT YEARS.DUE TO MISUSE OF WATER RESOURCES AND IRRIGATION THEY ARE FACING WATER SCARCITY.EGYPT'S FRESHWATER RESOURCES ARE BEING VANISHED AS THEY DEPEND ON NILE RIVER FOR WATER .NILE RIVER IS THE BACKBONE OF EGYPT'S INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS.IT IS THE SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER FOR ALL.RISING POPULATION AND RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTRY CAUSING POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE WHICH ARE CAUSING DECREASED WATER AVAILABILITY IN THE COUNTRY.
EGYPT IS FACING AN ANNUAL WATER SHORTAGE AROUND 7 BILLION CUBIC METRES.USA IS WARNING EGYPT THAT THEY WOULD RAN OUT OF WATER BY 2025.EGYPT'S POPULATION IS RISING AT AN ALARM RATE AND INCREASED BY 41% FROM 1990s. RECENT REPORT SHOWS THAT AROUND 4700 NEWBORNS ARE ADDED TO THE POPULATION EVERY WEEK.FUTURE PREDICTION SAYS THAT TOTAL OF 92 MILLION TO 110 MILLION BY YEAR OF 2025.
THE INCREASED POPULATION CAUSED THE WATER SHORTAGE DUE TO MORE WATER REQUIREMENTS.EGYPT RECIEVES LESS THAN 80MM OF RAINFALL A YEAR AND ONLY 6% OF RAINFALL A YEAR AND ONLY 6% OF COUNTRY IS AGRI LAND.BALANCE LAND IS DESERT.THIS LEADS TO EXCESS POPULATION AND LESS WATER SUPPLY.THE POLLUTION OF NILE RIVER IS SO DANGEROUS.
IT IS POLLUTED BY INDUSTRY WASTE AND LEAKAGE OF WASTE.THE DEAD BODIES OF ANIMALS AND RELEASE OF CHEMICAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE INTO RIVER.
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