‘Global Demand For Water To Exceed 3.2m By 2060’

Managing Director of the Niger Delta Basin Development Authority (NDBDA), Engr. Mark Daso Derefaka, says the global demand for water supply may likely exceed 3.2 million cubic metre yearly by 2060.
He said this at a recent event in Port Harcourt.
According to him, “future projection suggests that by the year 2060, the demand for water will likely exceed supply by 3.2 million cubic metre per year and that more innovation with avoidable huge cost implications will be needed to find way to conserve water demand supply”.
He emphasized that both hydrologists and water managers have agreed that the occurrence and behavior of all water Resources in the future are likely to be different from the past and that the pervasive and prevalent climate change will create negative and devastating impact in the hydrological cycle.
“Furthermore, new study by mythologists show that the stream and rivers temperature are on the rise increasing on upward of 3 degrees since 1990, causing difficult ecosystem to get out of balance.
“This study also indicates that warm temperatures do not support healthier life for fishes but causes diseases to spread quickly and migration of fishes.
The NDBDA MD said the catchment area of his Agency will be invariably affected, if deliberate steps are not taken by government organization community based organizations, all concerned citizens stakeholders and friends of the Rivers to make conscious deliberate and persistent efforts to create adequate awareness against human activities that advertently or inadvertently promote these threats.
Engr. Derefake listed the benefits of Rivers to human existence to include, provision of water irrigation, drinking and washing to the people.

By: John Bibor