Libya

Water
Crisis
 What is water scarcity

“Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient

available water resources to meet the
demands of water usage within a region. It
already affects every continent and around
2.8 billion people around the world at least
one month out of every year. More than 1.2
billion people lack access to clean
drinking water.”
https://www.definitions.net/defi
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nition/WATER+SCARCITY
 Their Situation

Libya are suffering from many

severe water shortages. Because of
this the people from Tripoli the
capital are suffering from a
humanitarian crisis because of
extreme water scarcity. The lack of
economic investment and security 3

has left the country in a water crisis

 Is anyone helping?

At the moment no one is helping

Libya with their many issues the
have been left in the dark to rot.
Libya has reached for help saying
“Where is the world?” In Libya’s
current situation there have massive
water scarcity and a humanitarian
issue but after all that it looks like no
help will
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 What is their source of Water

Libya’s main source of water come

from the Great Man-made river. The
Great Man-made river is a network
of pipes that supplies water to the
Sahara in Libya. It was made in 2002
and is still in use now.
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 Libya’s
Location
• Libya is the seventeenth largest
country in the world and the fourth
largest in Africa. Libya’s borders the
Mediterranean sea and lies between
Tunisia and Egypt.

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Libya Water Statistics

http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aq
uastat/countries_regions/LBY/
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 http://euanmearns.com/libya-

More Statistics energy-population-and-

economy/

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 Ways to Improve

Educate to change consumption and

lifestyles.
Invent new water conservation technologies.
Recycle wastewater.
Improve irrigation and agricultural practices.
Appropriately price water.
Develop energy efficient desalination plants.

https://www.circleofblue.org/20
10/world/experts-name-the-
top-19-solutions-to-the-global- 9
freshwater-crisis/
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THANK YOU!
Omar Naif