The current
drought in Texas is the worst on record
Evaporation losses worldwide are
slightly greater than industrial and domestic
consumption. 20% of reservoir supply is evaporated,
20% is for industrial and domestic consumption and
60% for irrigation.
Parched river basin in West
Texas. Annual Evaporation losses in Texas are almost
2 trillion gallon equivalent to almost 7 cubic km.
Source: Infrastructure to 2030:
Telecom, Land Transport, Water, and Electricity,
OECD, 2006.