African, Asian Nations Top Latest Water Security Risk Index

Somalia has the least secure water supply while Iceland has the most stable in the world, according to a survey of 165 nations released last week by Maplecroft, a Britain-based consultancy company. The study, the Water Security Risk Index [2], featured three other African nations, including Mauritania [3], Sudan [4] and Niger [5], as well as Iraq [6], Uzbekistan [7], Pakistan [8], Egypt [9], Turkmenistan [10] and Syria [11].