The impacts of climate change on water resources

28, Nov, 2015

Egypt is one of the most water stressed regions in the whole world, and climate change will lead to increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as droughts and floods, as well as decrease precipitation, will contribute to even worse water scarcity not only on the fresh water quantity but also the quality of groundwater might be worsened, as fresh water supplies might get contaminated by sea water intruding coastal aquifers.