Spot Reports:

  Boston
  Tampa Bay
  Atlanta & S'east
  Arizona
  N. California
  Los Angeles
Ind'l Water Use in US   (table)
Recycling Rates   (table)
Countries with water scarcity (table)
Countries with water scarcity (map)
Water Availability (table)
Developing Countries (graph)
Water per capita (table)
Countries Dependent on Other Countries (table)
Countries using over 100% of their water (table)
Water Use by Continent (table)
World's Wrangles
Intl Hot Spots
  Israel
  Vietnam
  Bangladesh
  Philippines
  Philippines -- War
  Moscow
  Africa
  Kenya
Finding a Better Way
Water Wars
Water Markets
Trading Water Rights
Non-Governmental Organizations
Mega Cities, Slums
Privatization
Where
Where Not
New Water Economics
   

per capita water use, by continent
(cubic kilometer/year)

 

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000*
             

Africa

56

86

116

168

232

314
             

North America

286

411

556

663

724

796
             

South America

59

63

85

111

150

216
             

Europe

94

185

294

435

554

673
             

Oceania

10

17

23

29

38

47
Total 1,360 1,982 2,594 3,316 4,138 5,189

 

Source: M. Meybeck, D. Chapman, and R. Helmer, Global Freshwater Quality (Oxford:Blackwell, for UNEP and WHO, 1989).

*Estimate.