Table 2.12. Water Resources in the West Asia Region |
| Country/Territory |
Population (millions) (a) |
Conventional Water Resources (million cubic meters) |
Non-Conventional Water Resources (million cubic meters) |
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| 1994 |
Surface Water (b) |
Ground Water (c) |
Desalination |
Wastewater Reuse |
Total (million cubic meters) |
|
| Bahrain | 0.55 | 0.20 | 90.00 | 75.00 | 9.50 | 174.70 |
| Iraq | 19.09 | 76,880.00 | 1,500.00 | 7.40 | 4,900.00 | 78,387.40 |
| Jordan | 4.06 | 660.00 | 275.00 | 2.50 | 52.00 | 989.50 |
| Kuwait | 1.62 | 0.10 | 182.00 | 240.00 | 83.00 | 505.10 |
| Lebanon | 3.48 | 2,500.00 | 12,000.00 | 1.70 | 83.00 | 14,501.70 |
| Oman | 2.05 | 918.00 | 10,500.00 | 32.00 | 25.00 | 11,475.00 |
| Qatar | 0.53 | 1.35 | 2,500.00 | 92.00 | 25.00 | 2,618.35 |
| Saudi Arabia | 18.18 | 2,230.00 | 84,000.00 | 795.00 | 217.00 | 87,242.00 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 13.73 | 22,688.00 | 3,000.00 | 2.00 | 50.00 | 25,740.00 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2.15 | 125.00 | 20,000.00 | 385.00 | 110.00 | 20,620.00 |
|
West Bank & Gaza |
2.24 | 30.00 | 150.00 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 180.00 |
| Yemen | 13.47 | 2,000.00 | 13,500.00 | 9.00 | 9.10 | 15,518.10 |
| Total | 81.15 | 108,032.65 | 147,697.00 | 1,641.60 | 580.60 | 257,951.85 |
Table 2.12. Water Resources in the West Asia RegionSources:Compiled and provided by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Secretariat from Country Papers and International Sources, 1994 and 1995. Notes: a. Demographic and related Socio-Economic Data Sheets for the Countries of ESCWA, No. 8, 1995. b. The flow of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers will be reduced by upstream abstraction in Turkey. c. Shallow aquifer ground-water reserve with varying water quality. n.a. = Information not available. |