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Created: 2019-08-28T17:55:34.556+02:00

water scarcity  

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  • Information An imbalance between supply and demand of freshwater in a specified domain (e.g. country, region, catchment or river basin) as a result of a high rate of demand compared with available supply, under prevailing institutional arrangements (including price) and infrastructural conditions. Symptoms are unsatisfied demand, tensions between users, competition for water, overextraction of groundwater and insufficient flows to the natural environment.

    Created: 8/2/22

    Last modified: 10/15/25

     (en)
  • Information La brecha entre el suministro disponible y la demanda expresada de agua dulce en un área determinada, bajo las disposiciones institucionales (incluyendo la ‘fijación del precio’ del recurso y los costes acordados para el consumidor) y las condiciones de infraestructura existentes.

    Created: 7/18/23

     (es)

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  • Levels can be measured as water scarcity (absolute), and water scarcity (chronic). (en)

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