So what does BRICs stand for? BRICs in simple terms refer to countries that financial analysts all over the world believe offer excellent opportunity for long-term economic growth and development. These countries are Brazil, Russia, India and China. The small âsâ is sometimes included to refer to South Africa â this will be explained later.
Thermoelectric-power withdrawals accounted for 49 percent of total water use, 41 percent of total freshwater withdrawals for all categories, and 53 percent of fresh surface-water withdrawals. The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Plant in Ã¾ingvellir, Iceland.
About 76 percent of this water is used for irrigation, with irrigators withdrawing most of this water from the Ogallala Aquifer alone (72 percent of all groundwater used for irrigation, or 4.6 million acre-feet per year). About 36 percent of water used to meet municipal demands is from groundwater.