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Syria

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

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
4.5
6.3
8.7
12.4
14.8
17.9
23.9
37.1
Irrigation area, th.ha**
  
451
539
693
1180
1280
1480
1780
Irrigation area, th.ha***
558
451
539
693
1082
      
GNP, $US per capita****
  
1208
2216
1934
        
Water withdrawal, km3
4.6
3.9
4.2
6.4
10.6
11.6
14.0
17.9
Water consumption, km3
3.4
2.7
3.4
4.3
7.4
8.2
9.7
11.8
notes: * - Source: United Nations Organization
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO Production Yearbook, 1965-1994. Rome: FAO; 1995 – 2025 - SHI 1995 forecast

*** - Source: Gleick, 1998

**** - Source: World Bank / IMF – International Financial Statistics Yearbook, 1980-1994. N.Y.: World Bank/IMF
 
 

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

author
  
year
1976
1990
1993
20001)
20002)
20251)
20252)
2030
IIASA
withdrawal
1993
  
5.57
            
WRI
withdrawal
1991-93
3.34
              
WRI
withdrawal
1997-98
3.3
              
WWDS
withdrawal
1998
  
12.5
      
34.1
23.6
  
UNSY
withdrawal
1992
  
5.38
            
Gleick
withdrawal
1993
3.34
              
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
    
14.4
          
Margat
withdrawal
1990
3.44
    
 7.3
6.5
10.5
8.5
  
Imp.A.
withdrawal
1995
  
6.4
  
9.3
      
14.9
IrrNE
withdrawal
1997
    
14.4
          

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

1) – scenario 1

2) – scenario 2

IIASA – Kulshreshtha S.N., 1993. World Water Resources & Regional Vulnerability: impact of future changes. Luxenburg: IIASA.

WRI – World Resources (1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1994, 1996, 1997-1998) – N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press.

WWDS – World Water Resources. Demand & Supply: 1990 to 2025., 1998. Scenarious & Issues. Colombo:IWMI.

UNSY – United National Statistical Yearbook 1992, 39, 1993– N.Y..:UN.

Gleick, 1993 - Water in Crisis. A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resources, 1993. Edited by P. Gleick. N.Y. Oxford Univ.Press.

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

Margat, 1990 – Prospects for Water Resourcesand Needs in the Mediterranean Countries, 1990. Contributions of the “Plan Blue”. J. Margat. Paris: EC.

Imp.A. – Implications of Agenda 21 for integrated water management in the ESCWA Region. 1995. Amman: UN (DPCSD)

IrrNE – Irrigation in the Near East Region in Figures. 1997. Water Report 9. Rome: FAO.