Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

Water use, 2016 Benin Percentage

Benin

Water use, 2016 Algeria Percentage

Water resources Benin has an annual rainfall of 1,039 mm that varies greatly depending on the area and time of year. Water availability is around 2,490 m 3 /year per person (AMCOW 2018). The aqueduct water stress for all sectors measured in 2010 was 0.00 and is projected to increase to 0.01 by 2040 (Luo et al. 2015). A score of 0.01 indicates that there is low competition among water users relative to available surface-water resources.

Industry

20

Industry 6

40

Agriculture

33

Municipal

Municipal

Agriculture

31

63

Source: AMCOW 2018. Water availability Benin Water availability Benin Source: AMCOW, 2018.

m 3 /person and year m 3 /person and year

Total renewable freshwater Total water withdrawal Internal renewable water sources of which are surface water Total renewable freshwater Total water withdrawal Internal renewable water sources of which are surface water

2 490 14.2 1 410 1 240 0.31% 170 4.44% 2 490 14.2 1 410 1 240 0.31% 170 4.44%

pressure on surface water pressure on surface water

of which are groundwater of which are groundwater

pressure on groundwater pressure on groundwater

Water stress Water stress

0.60% 0.60%

Porto-Novo

Source: AMCOW 2018; FAO 2018 . Source: AMCOW 2018; FAO 2018 .

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