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Addressing Global Challenges
Water Scarcity
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces severe water stress, with 12 of the 17 most water-stressed countries. As populations grow and climate change worsens, global water demand will rise, intensifying challenges to provide safe drinking water in already scarce areas.
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Addressing Global Challenges
Pollution from untreated wastewater
80 percent of wastewater globally – most of which is untreated – is discharged into the environment, polluting fragile ecosystems and contaminating increasingly-scarce water supply sources.