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Water Scarcity in Libya
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- sea water heated up
- water condenses
- water vapor cooled
- water drinkable
-95% of the country is dessert
-cultivable area about 2.2 million hectares ╚>1.2% of the total area
-desalination plants produce 30-40 million m³ / year
- want invest $1 billion to increase to 1 million / day
-93% of the land gets less than 100 mm rain per year
╚> mountain ranges keep rain from the mainland
- average annual rainfall: 26 mm / km²
- runoff is about 200 million m³ / year
╚> bad soil, dessert
http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/156964/
last accessed: 5.12.2015
http://www.indexmundi.com/libya/#Demographics
last accessed: 6.12.2015
http://www.koshland.science-muesum.org/water/html/en/Sources/Fossil-Water-in-Libya.html
last accessed: 5.12.2015
http://www.water-technology.net/projects/gmr
last accessed: 6.12.2015
Area: 1,759,540 km²
Population: 6,244,000
Density: 3,4 / km²
GDP:
- total: $67.622 billion
- Per capita: $11,046
HDI: 55th 0.784
- pumping water from underground reservoirs since 1984
- 4,000 kilometers pipeline move 6.5 million m³ of water each day
-4,200 million m³ from 1975-2000
-project planned for 50 years
╚> nobody knows how much water is left