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Trinidad & Tobago

Dynamics of water use in the Trinidad & Tobago by estimates of SHI (1998)


 



 

 
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                   
Popultion, mln*
0.64
0.84
0.97
1.08
1.29
1.37
1.45
1.62
1.87
Irrigation area, th.ha**
6
10
15
21
22
22
23
24
25
GNP, $US per capita***
    
760
4950
3600
        
Water withdrawal, km3
0.12
0.22
0.40
1.37
1.12
1.12
1.26
1.43
1.60
Water consumption, km3
0.05
0.08
0.13
0.38
0.30
0.29
0.33
0.36
0.39
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 Trinidad & Tobago (km3/year) by data of different authors


 



 

author
  
year
1975
1990
IIASA
withdrawal
1993
  
0.2
WRI
withdrawal
1991-98
0.15
  
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
  
0.15
notes: all estimates include water use for agriculture, industrial & domestic needs;
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.

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