Environmental Threats of Countries Region's Geopolitical Persian Gulf Case Study: Water Crisis

Through proliferation of dangerous dehydration phenomenon, more than 26 countries with over 300 million people have been faced water shortage crisis recently. If the current trends continue, by the year 2050, this figure would have been extended in 66 countries with a population of about two-thirds of the world. According to the United Nations report, in the last half century, more than 1,830 encounter cases occurred in the context of global water, of which 37 dams has been burst in case of war disputation. Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over Nile water sharing are in conflict with each other. Iraq, Syria and Turkey have serious tension on Tigris and Euphrates. In recent years, Middle East countries have been planned applications for accessing to new water resources and the efficient use of water resources. In this way, it is so considerable that the littoral countries of Persian Gulf plan special strategies for further exploitation of the water resources. This descriptive-analytical study by using documentary resources is planned to consider the status of water resources, especially fresh water shortage in the Persian Gulf littoral countries. The results show that fresh and usable water sources for the population of countries in Persian Gulf region are not in good condition.