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Uruguay

Dynamics of water use in Uruguay by estimates of SHI (1998)


 



 

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln *
2.54
2.89
2.91
3.09
3.19
3.28
3.45
3.67
Irrigation area, th.ha **
32
52
79
120
 
155
179
203
Irrigation area, th.ha ***
27
52
79
120
140
     
GNP, $US per capita ****
               
Water withdrawal, km 3
0.46
0.92
2.09
4.18
4.77
5.37
6.21
7.08
Water consumption, km 3
0.26
0.53
0.94
1.48
1.68
1.89
2.19
2.48
notes: * - Source: United Nations Organization
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO Production Yearbook, 1965-1994. Rome: FAO; 1995 – 2025 - SHI 1995 forecast

*** - Source: Gleick, 1998

**** - Source: World Bank / IMF – International Financial Statistics Yearbook, 1980-1994. N.Y.: World Bank/IMF


Water use of Uruguay (km 3 /year) by data of different authors


 



 

author
 
year
1965
1990
1993
2025 1)
2025 2)
IIASA
withdrawal
1993
 
0.74
     
WRI
withdrawal
1993
0.65
       
WRI
withdrawal
1997-98
0.65
       
WWDS
withdrawal
1998
 
0.74
 
1.0
0.6
UNSY
withdrawal
1992
 
0.74
     
Gleick
withdrawal
1993
0.65
       
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
 
0.65
     
Aprovechamiento
withdrawal
1994
   
4.57
   

notes: all estimates include water use for agriculture, industrial & domestic needs;

1) – scenario 1

2) – scenario 2

IIASA – Kulshreshtha S.N., 1993. World Water Resources & Regional Vulnerability: impact of future changes. Luxenburg: IIASA.

WRI – World Resources (1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1994, 1996, 1997-1998 ) – N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press.

WWDS – World Water Resources. Demand & Supply: 1990 to 2025., 1998. Scenarious & Issues. Colombo:IWMI.

UNSY – United National Statistical Yearbook 1992, 39, 1993– N.Y..:UN.

Gleick, 1993 - Water in Crisis. A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resources, 1993. Edited by P. Gleick. N.Y. Oxford Univ.Press.

Gleick, 1998 - The World’s Water. The Beneficial Report on Freshwater Resources 1998-1999, 1998, Peter Gleick, Washington, D.C. Covello, California.

Aprovechamiento – Aprovechamiento de los resursos hidricos superficiales inventario nacional. 1993-1994. – Montevideo: Diression de Hidrografia.