As the need for sweet pee step-up , mature population across the globe will progressively turn to groundwater to quench their hungriness . But where will we come up that weewee ? UNESCO ’s World - extensive Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme ( WHYMAP ) create this single-valued function , along with several others , to serve as a guide to the world ’s groundwater resourcefulness in aquifer and other groundwater environments . Not only will you need this map during the coming water war , you ’ll also need it if you ever hope to figure out the subplots in the new Bond picture , Quantum of Solace . Blue areas are plenteous in ground water system , green sphere have some groundwater resources , while brown area have limited ones . A few interesting Federal Reserve note that arrive from this map , according to UNESCO :
Underground aquifers answer for for more than 70 percent of the water supply used in the European Union , and are often one of the only – if not the only – source of supply in arid and semi - arid zones ( 100 percent in Saudi Arabia and Malta , 95 percent in Tunisia , and 75 percentage in Morocco ) . Irrigation systems in many countries bet mostly on groundwater resources ( 90 pct in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , 89 percent in India , 84 percentage in South Africa , and 80 percentage in Spain ) . Although aquifer systems survive in all continent , not all of them are renewable . For example , those in north Africa and the Arabian peninsula were form more than 10,000 years ago when the climate was more humid and are no longer replenished .
Other aquifers are renewable , via yearly rains and snowmelts . Here ’s the good news show for piddle - starve realm in Africa :
The aquifers in Africa , however , which are some of the biggest in the world , are still largely under - exploited . They have considerable potential , provided that their resource are make do on a sustainable ground . Because they generally extend across several body politic boundaries , their development presupposes agreed management mechanisms in order , for example , to prevent contamination or over - victimization by particular body politic . chemical mechanism of this kind have begun to emerge in late years . For example , in the nineties Chad , Egypt , the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , and Sudan established a joint authority to manage the Nubian aquifer system of rules in a concerted manner . In their undertaking concerning the Iullemeden aquifer , Niger , Nigeria , and Mali O.K. in principle a consultative mechanics for administer the aquifer system .
Carry this mathematical function into the theaters this weekend to see Quantum of Solace . I ’ll say no more than that , but confide me — you ’ll need it . you may see the map in its full gloryhere[PDF ] . More information atUNESCOandWater and Wastewater News .
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