\u201cWe hope to inspire companies to develop projects in a sustainable way. Should they wish to buy Ama water, they will be helping communities in Brazil. Good ideas are meant to be shared, and we are willing to speak and help out with prospective new projects, since the Gulf is as or more aware than Brazil when it comes to access to drinking water,\u201d Lee declared.<\/p>\n Ama currently sees about BRL 2.7 million in profit. It makes community-specific assessments to get to the root of their problems. Solutions usually include drilling deep water wells, setting up solar panels to cut distribution costs and ensure sustainability, renovating inactive distribution systems, building cisterns and grey water reuse systems in schools, vegetable farming and training on environment, water resources and reuse systems.<\/p>\n Water scarcity in the Middle East<\/strong><\/p>\n Data on water scarcity in the Middle East are available in World Bank reports. The 2018 survey Water Management in Fragile Systems: Building Resilience to Shocks and Protracted Crises in the Middle East and North Africa<\/em> shows that the problem is widespread and mounting. Not long ago, several Middle East and North Africa countries had been struggling with managing their water resources sustainably and expanding their water and sanitation services efficiently.<\/p>\n According to the survey, the additional issue of weak institutional performance \u201chas contributed to an intensification of water challenges and a deterioration of water services. Institutional failures to address water-related challenges can act as risk multipliers, compounding existing situations of fragility. But improving water management can contribute to building resilience in the face of protracted crises.\u201d Click here<\/a> for the full report.<\/p>\n Another World Bank report \u2013 Beyond Scarcity: Water Security in the Middle East and North Africa<\/em> \u2013, from 2017, notes that \u201cTotal water productivity in the Middle East and North Africa is only about half the world\u2019s average.\u201d Despite scarcity, water service fees in the region are among the lowest in the world, and GDP spending on water subsidies ranks among the highest, averaging at 2%. \u201cFlood and drought risks are increasing and are likely to harm the poor disproportionately,\u201d according to the World Bank. \u201cSome 60% of surface water resources in the region are transboundary, and all countries share at least one aquifer,\u201d which evinces a need for shared water management strategies. Climate-related economic losses are seen amounting to 6%-14% of GDP by 2050. Click here<\/a> for the full report in English, French and Arabic.<\/p>\n Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/wetex2-1024x498.jpeg\")
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