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Georgia

Dynamics of water use in Georgia by estimates of SHI (1998)

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
4.10
4.69
5.04
5.46
5.47
5.58
5.79
6.07
Irrigation area, th.ha**
330
347
409
466
469
400
500
600
GNP, $US per capita***
      
2280
        
Water withdrawal, km3
2.7
3.4
4.0
3.6
3.1
2.8
4.0
4.5
Water consumption, km3
1.4
1.7
2.1
2.2
1.9
1.7
2.5
2.9
notes: * - Source: United Nations "Urban and Rural Areas 1950-2025, the 1995 Revision" (World Resources Institute data)
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO FAOSTAT 95 (World Resources Institute data); 1995 – 2025 - SHI forecast

*** - Source: World Bank World Tables 1994 update (World Resources Institute data)
 
 

Water use of Georgia (km3/year) by data of different authors

author
  
year
1980
1989
1990
1991
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
    
3
  
FAO
withdrawal
      
3.47
  
Com.FSU
withdrawal
        
3.6
WRI
withdrawal
1995
  
4.0
    
SWK
withdrawal
1980-1990
4.4
  
3.6
  

notes: all estimates include water use for agriculture, industrial & domestic needs;

Gleick, 1998 - The World’s Water. The Beneficial Report on Freshwater Resources 1998-1999, 1998, Peter Gleick, Washington, D.C. Covello, California.

FAO - Irrigation in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union in Figures. 1997. Rome: FAO.

WRI – World Resources Institute data, update, 1995

SWK – State Water Kadastr, 1980-1990 St.-Petersburg.: SHI.

Com.FSU – data of Comission by Countries of the Former Soviet Union.