WASHINGTON (AN) — A quarter of the world's 8 billion population live in 25 countries that regularly use up nearly their entire available water supply, according to a global research foundation.
Low supply routinely puts these most water-stressed countries at risk of temporarily running out of water to meet the demand for drinking, agriculture and industry, the World Resources Institute says in a new report on Wednesday.
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