WHAT PREVENTS YOU FROM USING IT MORE EFFICIENTLY HERE Water is highly valued in all Arab countries. And it's easy to explain. Some areas of Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, and Tunisia are characterized by a" Moscow level " of precipitation, i.e., about 600 mm per year. But if the evaporation rate in central Russia is about 500 mm per year, then in most of the Arab countries - more than 2000 mm, and in some areas of Egypt and Sudan - more than 2500 mm per year. As a result, the difference between the amount of precipitation and evaporation on the territory of Arab countries is never positive. This leads to the fact that while the dry season can be clearly distinguished in Southern Arabia and on the Mediterranean coast of Asia and Africa, the rest, and most of the territory of the Arab countries, is constantly arid1. The Millennium Development Goals, put forward by world leaders at the Millennium Summit in 2000, aim to halve the proportion of people without access to safe water and sanitation by 2015 (Target 10). Arab countries as a whole have achieved remarkable results in this area: the number of people with access to improved water has increased from 180.1 million (84% of all those in need in the region) in 1990 to 231.8 million (86%) in 2004, and the number of people with access to sanitation has increased from 120.6 million. million people (61%) to 196 million people (71%). By 2015, these figures are expected to grow to 335.8 million people by water and 267.2 million people by sewage. However, it is already clear that the Arab countries are lagging behind the schedule for this Task. In these Countries, the proportion of the population without access to improved water fell from 16% in 1990 to 14% in 2004, which was 37.7 million people, and without access to sanitation - from 39% to 29%, respectively, which was 80.1 million people. The situation is not the same in all countries: while in Yemen 67% of the population is covered by water supp ... Читать далее