Country
Total water withdrawal (10
9
m
3
/year)
Total wastewater produced (10
9
m
3
/year)
Volume of treated wastewater (10
9
m
3
/year)
Algeria
6.070 (2000)
0.8200 (2002)
-
Saudi Arabia
23.670 (2006)
0.7300 (2000)
0.5475 (2002)
Bahrain
0.357 (2003)
0.0449 (1991)
0.0619 (2005)
Comoros
0.010 (1999)
-
-
Djibouti
0.019 (2000)
-
0.000 (2000)
Egypt
68.300 (2000)
3.7600 (2001)
2.9710 (2001)
UAE
3.998 (2005)
0.5000 (1995)
0.2890 (2006)
Iraq
66.000 (2000)
-
-
Libya
4.326 (2005)
0.5460 (1999)
0.0400 (1999)
Jordan
0.941 (2005)
0.0820 (2000)
0.1074 (2005)
Kuwait
0.913 (2002)
0.2440 (2003)
0.2500 (2005)
Lebanon
1.310 (2005)
0.3100 (2001)
0.0040 (2006)
Morocco
12.600 (2000)
0.6500 (2002)
0.0400 (1999)
Mauritania
1.700 (2000)
-
0.0007 (1998)
Oman
1.321 (2003)
0.0900 (2000)
0.0370 (2006)
Qatar
0.444 (2005)
0.0550 (2005)
0.0580 (2006)
Syria
16.700 (2003)
1.3640 (2002)
0.5500 (2002)
Somalia
3.298 (2003)
-
0.000 (2003)
Sudan
37.320 (2000)
-
-
Palestine
0.418 (2005)
-
-
Tunisia
2.850 (2001)
0.1870 (2001)
0.2150 (2006)
Yemen
3.400 (2000)
0.0740 (2000)
0.0460 (1999)
Table 1:
Water withdrawal, untreated and treated wastewater in the different Arab countries.