ESRI Water Layers - via Joseph Kerski

Joseph Kerski shared a useful set of data layers on water.

It is called the World Water Map.

Details of the data and the initiative that led to its creation can be read about here.

Each year we extract 4,000 cubic kilometers of water, eight times more than a century ago. We consume it in kitchens and bathrooms, factories and power plants; we use it to irrigate our crops. Growing populations and aspirations drive a growing demand for water.

The result is a water gap in an increasing number of places. Humans are using more water than the water cycle can provide, and so we deplete shallow aquifers, and may need to tap into deep ones that will not be renewed in our lifetime. In the process we threaten not only our own health, peace, and well-being, but also the health of ecosystems and wildlife.

Scroll down the page to reveal more detail on our water use and the water gaps that are opening up in some places.
There's also a quote from Alex Tait.

Joseph shares how you might make use of this resource to explore water security.