The agriculture sector remains the largest consumer of water in Egypt, as it acquired 62.15 billion cubic metres in 2015/2016. In the second ranking comes the drinking and health usage sector, which consumed 10.4 billion cubic metres in 2015/2016, compared to 10.35 billion cubic metres in 2014/2015—an increase of 0.5%. It pointed out that the Nile River is the main source of water in Egypt, where its share reached 55.5 billion cubic metres—representing 72.8% of the total renewable water resources. The report added that the total amount of produced pure water reached 9.30 billion cubic metres in 2015/2016, compared to 8.89 billion cubic metres in 2014/2015—marking an increase of 4.6%. The amount of consumed pure water reached 5.8 billion cubic metres in 2015/2016, compared to 6.1 billion cubic metres in 2014/2015—a decrease of 4.9%.

Source: Daily News Egypt March 22, 2017 13:18 UTC