This article is about all types of waters that are of potential use to humans. For a naturally occurring type of water resource that humans use a lot, see fresh water.
Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans,[1] for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water. 97% of the water on Earth is salt water and only three percent is fresh water; slightly over two-thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps.[2] The remaining unfrozen freshwater is found mainly as groundwater, with only a small fraction present above ground or in the air.[3] Natural sources of fresh water include surface water, under river flow, groundwater and frozen water. Non-natural or human-made sources of fresh water can include wastewater that has been treated for reuse options, and desalinated seawater. People use water resources for agricultural, industrial and household activities.
Water resources are under threat from multiple issues. There is water scarcity, water pollution, water conflict and climate change. Fresh water is in principle a renewable resource. However, the world's supply of groundwater is steadily decreasing. Groundwater depletion (or overdrafting) is occurring for example in Asia, South America and North America.
Waterresources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water...
This is the list of countries by total renewable waterresources for the year 2020, based on the latest data available in January 2024, by World Bank...
Waterresources law (in some jurisdictions, shortened to "water law") is the field of law dealing with the ownership, control, and use of water as a resource...
Gliese 436 b and GJ 1214 b. Water politics is politics affected by water and waterresources. Water, particularly fresh water, is a strategic resource across...
Waterresources in India includes information on precipitation, surface and groundwater storage and hydropower potential. India experiences an average...
Water scarcity (closely related to water stress or water crisis) is the lack of fresh waterresources to meet the standard water demand. There are two...
management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, waterresources, and drainage basin sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology...
Waterresources management in modern Egypt, is a complex process that involves multiple stakeholders who use water for irrigation, municipal and industrial...
Ministry of waterresources may refer to: Ministry of WaterResources (Bangladesh) Ministry of WaterResources (India) Ministry of WaterResources (Iraq) Minister...
important to the water supply of the region and preventing wars. Many think that for conserving the water "returning to traditional water-conserving cultivation...
The waterresources of China are affected by both severe water shortages and severe growing population and rapid economic development as well as lax environmental...
Israel's water demand today outstrips available conventional waterresources. Thus, in an average year, Israel relies for about half of its water supply...
Natural resources are commonly divided between renewable resources and non-renewable resources. The use of either of these forms of resources beyond their...
WaterResources Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union, covering research in the social and natural...
the Akkadian language "Makan", a name which links Oman's ancient copper resources. Over centuries tribes from western Arabia settled in Oman, making a living...
Current issues: water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural fresh waterresources; a majority of the...
awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1980 Cycle). Kuwait's fresh waterresources are limited to groundwater, desalinated seawater, and treated wastewater...
This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area. Entries in this list include, but...
season (October to April). While waterresources are quite abundant in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and Irian, water shortages occur during the dry...
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and WaterResources was a government department that existed between 2015 and 2019, which was responsible...
Water conflict typically refers to violence or disputes associated with access to, or control of, waterresources, or the use of water or water systems...
for about four per cent of the world's annual renewable waterresources, over 98% of its water is available east of the Andes, in the Amazon region. The...
and associated environments. Water pollution also reduces the availability of fresh water. Where available waterresources are scarce, humans have developed...
The California Department of WaterResources (DWR) is part of the California Natural Resources Agency and is responsible for the management and regulation...
water are as follows: any beneficial reduction in water loss, use and waste of resources, avoiding any damage to water quality; and improving water management...
National WaterResources Institute is the Nigerian research institution responsible for the training of waterresources engineers and research on different...
Utilities Board, received the Stockholm Industry Water Award for its holistic approach to waterresources management. Singapore was also the first country...
is the only Central Asian state where waterresources are fully generated within its own territory. The water originates from the often glacier covered...
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