Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

Water use, 2016 Algeria Percentage Water use, 2000 Cameroon Percentage

Cameroon

Water resources Cameroon has three climatic zones with rainfall gradually increasing from north to south. The country’s annual rainfall is 1,604 mm, with a per capita water availability of roughly 42.7 m 3 /year (AMCOW 2018; FAO 2016). The country’s aqueduct water stress for all sectors measured in 2010 was 0.01 and is projected to remain the same 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

7

Municipal

17

Industry 6

76

Agriculture

Municipal

Agriculture

31

63

Source: AMCOW 2018. Water availability Cameroon Water availability Cameroon Source: FAO-Aquastat 2019.

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% 0.60% 2 490 14.2 1 410 1 240 0.31% 170 4.44% 0.60%

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

A market in Yaounde

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

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