Yemen: Groundwater Depletion and Possible Solutions
Publisher: AMWAJ Alliance
Author(s): Maha Al-Salehi
Date: 2023
Topics: Climate Change, Governance, Livelihoods, Renewable Resources
Countries: Yemen
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2022 highlighted the dire situation of groundwater status globally – including in Yemen – and aimed to draw some attention to its specific functions, challenges and opportunities around the world.
In Yemen, water resources depend mainly on groundwater and rainfall. These resources are facing a crisis which is clearly visible and considered among Yemen’s top environmental challenges today.
Yemen is currently the seventh most water-scarce country in the world with dwindling groundwater levels ranging between 3 to 8 metres per year in critical basins, according to the information shared to Holm Akhdar by the National Water Resources Authority of the country.