
81.5% of total water resources in Egypt consumed in agriculture: CAPMAS
The agriculture sector remains the largest consumer of water in Egypt, as it acquired 62.15 billion cubic metres in 2015/2016. The sector accounts for 81.5% of the total use, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). In the second ranking comes the drinking and health usage sector, which consumed 10.4 billion …