The world will face enormous water shortages and raw material shortages in the future

Just as oil determined much of the history of the last century, water will largely play this role in the 21st century. In the coming years, almost half of the world's population will live in areas with so-called water stress. The first problem that arises is the water infrastructure.

According to the UN, more investment will be needed in the next 20 years than in any other sector to cope with this “stress”. Whether the $20 trillion target will be achieved is highly doubtful, but nevertheless there are certainly major investment opportunities here.

The “water” industry, currently worth around $600 billion, is expected to grow into the largest in the world, given the need to prevent (much) more “water tourism” or wars from developing in the future. For example, rainfall in the Middle East and central Africa has already fallen by 20%. This also applies to large parts of Central Asia, but also to India and the southwestern United States. especially in California. According to various measurements, these developments also appear to be accelerating. Cape Town also recently reported that it would soon have to implement water rationing.

According to the UN, approximately 1.1 billion people now have no or insufficient access to clean drinking water. This body is even more gloomy about the future with an estimate that in 20 years almost half of the world's population will once again not have enough water available to cover the needs translated into drinking and cooking water as well as sanitation. The future demand for water will soon be insatiable.

The findings of the UN World Water Development Report in 2015 indicated that the year 2030 will markedly mark the dawn of water shortages if stringent measures are not taken in the short term.

Source : Michael R.Maljers | Putiton-e.com | 2018