01/03/2026
"The concept of water bankruptcy draws attention to the evidence that societies rely on both renewable water flows and long-term natural storage, comparable to drawing on income and savings, and that in many basins and aquifers sustained withdrawals have exceeded renewable replenishment and safe depletion thresholds. As a result, available water resources and associated ecosystem functions have been significantly reduced, with some impacts irreversible or effectively irreversible on human time scales". Source: United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10445/Global_Water_Bankruptcy_Report__2026_.pdf
