Where will China's water come from? - CHART

This month’s chart comes out of GWI’s latest report:Water Market China 2009.

It shows the official estimates for water demand and supply in 2007 and 2016, as well as an extra unofficial bar in the 2016 forecast to show GWI’s projection of the expected shortfall in water supply. The theory is that agricultural water demand will fall from 365km3 to 350km3, reflecting greater efficiency in water usage. This would help offset ...

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