AQUA INTEL 2026 — Global Water Intelligence

Map Layers

Water Towers

5 sites

Major Rivers

8 systems

AI Data Centers

5 hubs

Desalination Plants

4 regions

Conflict Hotspots

4 basins

High Stress Zones

9 regions

Global Stats

2.2B

People lacking safe water access

4.2B

Experience water scarcity annually

+41%

Water stress increase since 2000

2040

Year Tigris-Euphrates runs dry (UN)

Conflict Risk Index

Nile BasinCRITICAL

Indus BasinHIGH

Tigris-EuphratesHIGH

MekongELEVATED

Data Center Water Load

N. Virginia2.1B gal/yr

Singapore980M gal/yr

Frankfurt720M gal/yr

Tokyo640M gal/yr

Dublin410M gal/yr

* Estimated cooling water consumption

Analyst Note

"By 2040, water scarcity may affect 700M people. AI infrastructure's hidden water burden is emerging as a critical second-order risk to already-stressed basins."

Intelligence Feed

NILE BASIN — CRITICAL
Egypt-Ethiopia GERD talks collapsed. Egyptian military assets repositioned near Aswan Dam. UPDATED 2026-05-29

INDUS TREATY SUSPENDED
India formally suspended 1960 Indus Waters Treaty. Pakistan faces agricultural crisis. UPDATED 2026-03-12

MEKONG DELTA — ALERT
Chinese dam upstream reduced flow to record lows. Vietnam rice harvest at risk. UPDATED 2026-05-15

COLORADO RIVER COMPACT
Lower basin states declare Tier 2 shortage. Las Vegas restricts outdoor water use. UPDATED 2026-04-01

ISRAEL DESAL EXPANSION
Sorek C desalination plant breaks ground — will add 200M m³/year capacity. UPDATED 2026-05-10

HIMALAYAN GLACIERS
New satellite data: Hindu Kush-Himalayan glaciers lost 65% of 2000-era volume. UPDATED 2026-05-01

System Readouts

Global freshwater remaining2.5%

Currently accessible freshwater0.007%

Nile flow reduction (GERD)−25%

Mekong 2024 flow anomaly−32%

Alps glacier loss since 1900−52%

Saudi desal energy share25%

Global desal capacity growth+6.8%/yr

N.Virginia DC water usage↑ 340% since 2015

Desalination Output

Saudi Arabia7.0M m³/day

UAE4.1M m³/day

Israel1.8M m³/day

California0.19M m³/day

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