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Belorus

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

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
8.14
9.00
9.62
10.3
10.2
10.1
9.98
9.90
Irrigation area, th.ha**
    
163
149
120
100
200
350
GNP, $US per capita***
      
3330
        
Water withdrawal, km3
0.8
1.2
2.6
3.0
2.1
2.0
2.9
3.5
Water consumption, km3
0.3
0.4
0.8
0.9
0.6
0.5
1.0
1.4
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 Belorus (km3/year) by data of different authors

author
  
year
1980
1989
1990
1995
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
    
3.0
  
FAO
withdrawal
      
2.7
  
Com.FSU
withdrawal
        
2.0
WRI
withdrawal
1995
  
3.0
    
SWK
withdrawal
1980-1990
2.6
  
3.0
  

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.