Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

Water use, 2016 Algeria Percentage Water use, 2001 Guinea Percentage

Guinea

Water resources Guinea’s rainfall averages 2,400 mm/year (AMCOW 2018), ranging from 1,200 to 4,200 mm/year in Upper and Lower Guinea respectively (FAO 2016). The country’s aqueduct water stress for all sectors measured in 2010 was 0.05 and is projected to decrease to 0.02 by 2040 (Luo et al. 2015). A score of 0.02 indicates that there is low competition among water users relative to available surface- water resources. Data on water withdrawals by sector varies greatly depending on the source. For example, water withdrawals as a proportion of total withdrawals in 2001 were 52.9, 37.7 and 9.4 per cent for the agriculture, municipal and industrial sectors respectively (World Bank 2018).

Industry

9

Industry 6

38

53

Municipal

Agriculture

Municipal

Agriculture

31

63

Source: FAO-Aquastat 2019.

Source: AMCOW 2018. Water availability GUINEA Water availability GUINEA

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

20 900 9.2 17 900 14 900 0.34% 5 710 0.71% 0.04% 20 900 9.2 17 900 14 900 0.34% 5 710 0.71% 0.04%

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

Conakry

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

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