![]() ![]() As crown prince General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan admitted: “For us, water is more important than oil.” Similarly, the United Arab Emirates is now investing in desalination plants and waste water treatment units because it lacks fresh water. Heavy overconsumption, coupled with poor rainfall, have ravaged its water resources and devastated its agricultural output. Iran is one of the most severely affected. In the Middle East, swaths of countryside have been reduced to desert because of overuse of water. At the same time, per capita water use has continued to rise. ![]() ![]() In California, officials have revealed that the state has entered its fourth year of drought with January this year becoming the driest since meteorological records began. Citizens might have access to water for only two days a week, they added. City officials warned last week that rationing of supplies was likely soon. Last week in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, home to 20 million people, and once known as the City of Drizzle,drought got so bad that residents began drilling through basement floors and car parks to try to reach groundwater. ![]()
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