The water crisis Moreover, for about 10 years analyses and
forecasts of the "United Nations" (UN), the "Food and
Agriculture Organisation" (FAO), the "World Health Organisation"
(WHO), the "United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation" (UNESCO), the "United Nations Development
Programme" (UNDP) and the World Bank have pointed to: the
aggravation of the water crisis in the world. As such by 2032,
40 years after the first Earth-Summit in Rio the Janeiro,
allegedly 60% of the world population will live in areas with
water stress. serious problems concerning the water resources
for agriculture in China, India and the US. In these countries
the aquifers have lowered remarkably due to extreme use of water
for agriculture and industry in the last 50 years. a
multiplication and intensification of "water conflicts" between
states. More and more water is described in terms of "Blue
Gold", as once oil was referred to as "Black Gold". Many believe
that the XXIst century will be a century of water wars