World faces 'extremely high water stress' as supply fails to meet demand

Washington DC (UPI) Aug 16, 2023

More than two dozen countries worldwide annually experience high water stress, in which a region's water supply is insufficient to meet human demand - a problem that affects at least half the global population, according to new research by the World Resources Institute. The Aqueduct Risk Atlas, released Wednesday by the Washington-based research group, shows about 4 billion people were