MegaDroughts And Desalination — Another Pressing Need For Nuclear Power – California About 20% of the worldâs population has no access to safe drinking water, and this number will increase as the population continues to grow and global freshwater sources continue to decline. The worst-affected areas are the arid and semiarid regions of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. UNESCO has reported that the freshwater shortfall worldwide will rise to 500 trillion gallons/yr by 2025. They expect water wars to break out in the near-future. The World Economic Forum says that shortage of fresh water may be the [âŠ] MegaDroughts And Desalination — Another Pressing Need For Nuclear Power – CaliforniaHIWI042019-07-14T14:30:06+02:00