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Article: Unprecedented water rationing in cities (Local).
- Article from:
- Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2009
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SANAA, Aug, 16 (IRIN) -- Water and sanitation companies in Yemen are adopting unprecedented water rationing in major cities including the capital Sanaa, Taiz, Mukalla, al-Beidha, al-Dhalea and Lahj, local council officials said.
Urgent action is needed to halt depletion of the country's water resources, Abdulqader Hanash, deputy minister for water affairs, told IRIN. Some 90 percent of available water is used for agriculture, leaving just 10 percent for industrial and household use, he said. Specialists have said before that 40 percent of Yemen's agricultural water consumption can be attributed to the cultivation of Qat -- a mild narcotic plant.
Hanash ...