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Area: 5888268 km2
Countries:
Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
Cities:
Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Water-Related Challenge Costs

Total annual estimated cost to address all water-related challenges: $1,751,646,731.00

Share of total annual estimated cost to address each individual challenge (2015 $USD):

  • Access to Drinking Water: $70,691,315.00 - [4%]
  • Access to Sanitation: $113,258,510.00 - [6%]
  • Industrial Pollution: $26,563,634.00 - [2%]
  • Agricultural Pollution: $49,770,677.00 - [3%]
  • Water Scarcity: $1,199,421,473.00 - [68%]
  • Water Management: $291,941,122.00 - [17%]

For more about this data, see information on WRI’s Achieving Abundance dataset here.

Water Challenges

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Country Overview

1.1.2.WATER USE Water withdrawal in the country in the year 2005 was estimated at 8,904 million m3. A small portion of the water resources (1.6 million m3) was produced by desalination processes. This water abstraction can be itemized by user sector. In 2000, it was estimated that the amount of water dedicated to agriculture reached 6,178 million m3. These resources were used in 4,215km2 of the total area equipped for irrigation of 5,837km2 in the whole country, which represents a significant percentage (37.5 per cent) of the area dedicated to cultivation. For urban purposes, water abstraction was estimated at 1,086 million m3 and, for industrial uses, at 1,640 million m3. As well as the need to share water resources, other constraints have to be addressed, such as: a land-use pattern favouring excessive urbanization, with consequent pressure on water resources; an agricultural sector that consumes around 75 per cent of the water used; and significant water losses when it is supplied both for human consumption and for agriculture. A special case is the Algarve river basin district, which has an estimated level of abstraction of 320L/person/day. This seems to be related to the Algarve being the most prominent tourist region and, consequently, having a high floating population. This is something of a paradox: the Algarve is one of the regions with the lowest average rainfall, yet it has the most golf courses, which consume a great deal of water. It also has the highest average temperatures and the least available water, particularly in summer.

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Organizations in Portugal


It is engineering consultancy organisation dealing with rendering complete solutuons pertaining to extraction, treatment and distribution of water . And also wastewater collection, treatmentment and its disposal and resuse also. Learn More

Application of IoT on Hydro-Geophysics in conjunction with Water Divining in Study/Exploration of Water Resources, their Exploitation &amp; Management. It is the combination of Remote Sensing, Big Data Resources Processing, Instrumentation, Real-time Data Collection from a larger or regional network … Learn More

IQ Consult is the initiator and promoter of our CisWEFE-NEX Horizon Europe IA proposal for a "Circular Systemic Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus CCRI Demonstrator for Regions facing Severe Water Stress". For more info about CisWEFE-NEX pls. visit https://view.genial.ly/63fc9c2c092f88001737a3bb/interactive-content-ciswefe-nex-interactive-concept-flow-chart Learn More

Acerca da Wakaru Consulting A Wakaru Consulting, criada em 2013, foca a sua atividade na prestação de serviços de auditoria e consultoria nos domínios do Governance, Risco e Compliance. Gestão de Serviço e da Segurança de Informação e Privacidade, Gestão … Learn More

Projects in Portugal


Created in 2015 this project aims at: Restore Montado ecosystem through tree planting. Generate income for farmers through productive tree planting. Promote sustainable agriculture and agroforestry systems. Improve landscape scenic beauty . “It is a great suport for us, smallholders, … Learn More

As part of CCEP’s This is Forward Sustainability Action Plan, we have a target to reduce our total water use by 20% from a 2010 baseline by 2025. We measure this reduction through our water use ratio (the ratio of … Learn More

This project reduced water withdrawals for irrigation by implementing conservation agriculture practices. The project reduced stress on the aquifer, protecting Las Tablas de Daimiel wetland. Learn More

Coca-Cola Spain and WWF Spain worked together from 2008 to 2013 to restore areas in the Guadiana River Basin. The Guadiana River Basin covers approximately 12% of the Iberian Peninsula. Portions of the basin are highly impacted by intensive flow … Learn More

California is facing a water crisis. The state has one of the most engineered and over-subscribed water systems in the world, meaning significantly more water is promised to users than is actually available. And climate change is making the swings … Learn More

SuWaNu Europe is a project focused on the reuse of treated wastewater in agriculture. The reason behind is that wastewater when treated according to appropriate standards and methods has a strong potential to complement conventional water resources used in agricultural … Learn More

Developing a low-carbon water management scheme and increasing water availability for sustainable agriculture. The water level of the coastal aquifer in Gaza, the regionÕs only freshwater resource, is declining rapidly, resulting in the intrusion of seawater. Agricultural inefficiencies lead to … Learn More

WATER@EDU is an Initiative focused on promoting the development of international collaborative projects between students and teachers based on scientific experiments, aiming to promote Water Literacy, using a Labware Science Kit. Project Results Students and Teachers Learn More


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