Severe water shortages, affecting at least 400 million people today, will affect 4 billion people by 2050.

These figures are generated from data collected by NASA, the World Health Organization and other agencies.

Waste and inadequate management of water are the main culprits behind growing water problems. Countries around the world are taking precautionary steps to find solutions to these problems.

China faces mounting water shortages caused by limited resources, increasing demand, and pollution. The availability of water per capita is only one-third of the world average.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, recently signed a 15 million dollar loan agreement to address water shortages and pollution in China.

A new technology, developed by the Swiss company Kellerinvent Ltd. contributes to solving water challenges by delivering economic solutions for urinals that can save millions of litres of water around the globe.

For more updates from the world of water, read the next issue of Water IDeaS.

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