Saudi Arabia ‘will run out of water in 13 years’

People in Saudi Arabia are being taxed for water, as the government warns of an impending crisis.

Experts believe the country’s groundwater will run out within the next 13 years. The government has now imposed a tariff to try and make people more sparing.

Water usage is believed to be the highest in the world, with each citizen using around 265 litres a day – twice the average in the EU, according to The New Arab newspaper. The former undersecretary of the Saudi Arabian ministry of agriculture, Ali al-Takhees, said: ‘Saudi Arabia is facing a catastrophe if agricultural practices don’t change.


Source: METRO
Mon 22 Feb 2016 at 08:04