Saudi Arabia / The water tariff is limited by the increased consumption of the Arab individual

Saraya Post / Saudi Arabia / Former Jordanian Minister of Water, Hazem Al-Nasser, explained that the issue of water in the Arab world posed a major challenge for the sustainability of economic development and social, pointing out that 14 Arab countries were threatened by water poverty and that Arab countries had many economic consequences for their Arab governments.

Al-Nasser said Monday in a press release on the sidelines of the Saudi Water Forum that the Kingdom was one of the best countries in the world in water, especially desalination, highlighting the accumulated experience that was driving the world to know the technologies available in the field of desalination. In the Middle East for water problems.

He pointed out that the paper presented at the forum would include the Jordanian experience in sustainable water sector development, pointing out that Jordan was the second poorest country in the world in terms of water and sanitation. Jordanian water per capita, and that he would outline in his paper the Jordanian experience in controlling the pumping of water. Groundwater and water loss management and a high proportion in the Arab world, and the reuse of wastewater after the technology for limited agricultural purposes.

Al-Nasser said the percentage of water losses in the Arab world was 50 percent and that Arab per capita consumption of the world's largest water ranged from 200 to 300 liters, noting that global statistics estimate that Natural of the Arab individual is estimated at 130 liters per day. , Stating that the water tariff will limit the increase in the unjustified consumption of water in the Arab world.