World Water Development Report 2022

On the World Water Day (22nd March), UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water released the United Nations World Water Development Report 2022 titled “Groundwater: Making the invisible visible”.

Key Findings

  • Importance of Groundwater: Groundwater accounts for 99% of liquid freshwater on Earth and is the source of one-quarter of all the water used by humans.
  • Water Demand & Scarcity: An estimated four billion people live in areas that suffer from severe physical water scarcity for at least one month per year. More than 5 billion people could suffer water shortages by 2050.
  • Largest Groundwater User: India is the largest groundwater user globally, followed ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now

To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here


Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.

Related Content