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36 | Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) Report
Table 2-1. Water withdrawal (ww) and gap in CWANA region.
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Agricultural ww |
Total ww |
Total ww per capita |
Total ww |
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|
(109 m3 year-1) |
(m3 inhabitant-1 year -1 ) |
(% of internal renewable water resources) |
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North Africa |
Algeria |
3.94 |
6.07 |
194 |
52 |
|
Libyan A.J. |
3.54 |
4.27 |
784 |
711 |
|
|
Mauritania |
1.5 |
1.70 |
606 |
15 |
|
|
Morocco |
11.01 |
12.60 |
419 |
43 |
|
|
Tunisia |
2.17 |
2.64 |
271 |
57 |
|
|
Nile Valley and Red Sea |
Djibouti |
0.00 |
0.02 |
27 |
6 |
|
Egypt |
59.00 |
68.30 |
969 |
117 |
|
|
Somalia |
3.28 |
3.29 |
347 |
22 |
|
|
Sudan |
36.07 |
37.32 |
1135 |
58 |
|
|
R.Yemen |
6.32 |
6.63 |
343 |
259 |
|
|
Arabian Peninsula |
K.Bahrain |
0.23 |
0.44 |
180 |
2200 |
|
Kuwait |
1.23 |
1.36 |
491 |
138 |
|
|
S.Oman |
0.21 |
0.29 |
483 |
547 |
|
|
Qatar |
15.42 |
17.32 |
736 |
722 |
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
1.57 |
2.30 |
783 |
1533 |
|
|
U.A. Emirates |
6.32 |
6.63 |
343 |
162 |
|
|
Afghanistan |
22.84 |
23.26 |
1014 |
36 |
|
|
South and |
R.I. Iran |
66.23 |
72.88 |
1071 |
53 |
|
Iraq |
39.38 |
42.70 |
1742 |
57 |
|
|
Jordan |
0.76 |
1.01 |
190 |
115 |
|
|
Lebanon |
0.92 |
1.38 |
384 |
31 |
|
|
Pakistan |
162.65 |
169.39 |
1130 |
76 |
|
|
Palestine |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
Syria |
18.93 |
19.95 |
1148 |
6 |
|
|
Turkey |
27.86 |
37.53 |
534 |
18 |
|
|
Armenia |
1.94 |
2.95 |
960 |
28 |
|
|
Central Asia and Caucasus |
Azerbaijan Kazakhstan |
11.65 |
17.25 |
2079
|
57
|
|
R Kyrgyz |
9.45 |
10.08 |
1989 |
49 |
|
|
Tajikistan |
10.96 |
11.96 |
1931 |
75 |
|
|
Turkmenistan |
24.04 |
24.65 |
5142 |
100 |
|
|
Uzbekistan |
54.37 |
58.34 |
2270 |
116 |
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Source: AQUASTAT, 2002; FAO database.
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Heavy governmental investments have been made in water cost-recovery in the whole CWANA region and high crop yields have been recorded in North Africa, West Asia and Central Asia. Reasonable and effective water pricing systems provide incentives for efficient water use and water quality protection (Easter and Liu, 2005). Water pricing |
should cover the costs for infrastructures and their depreciation and operations and maintenance. Metering water consumption is necessary for efficient water-pricing policies. Water metering has three major approaches: area, volume and market equilibrium, which is related to the crop and its profit. The predominance of gravity fed irrigation means |
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