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Does Guatemala have enough water overall? Where is there water stress?

According to the cited documentsIndustrial water

National water availability

~97,120 Mm³/year

>20 m³/day/personINSIVUMEH/PLAMAR balance via the National GIRH PolicyCNB

Taken as a whole the country has about 97,120 Mm³/year available (more than 20 m³ per inhabitant per day): aggregate abundance, badly distributed; the problem is local, not national. The water-stress threshold is less than 1,700 m³ per person per year, and in highland departmental capitals and in Guatemala City the figures fall below 500 m³, with dependence on a declining aquifer. The figure of 97,120 Mm³/year comes from the INSIVUMEH/PLAMAR balance reproduced in the National Policy on Integrated Water Resources Management (GIRH), per search extracts.

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  • Water-stress threshold<1,700 m³/person/yearReferenceCNB
  • Availability in highland departmental capitals and Guatemala City<500 m³/person/yearCNB referenceCNB

Sources

  • CNB

    Manual de Educación Ambiental del Recurso Hídrico en Guatemala · recursos hídricos y usos

    • National water availability
    • Water-stress threshold
    • Availability in highland departmental capitals and Guatemala City
    cnbguatemala.orgAccessed Aug 19, 2026Go to the source
  • Política Nacional de Gestión Integrada

    Política Nacional de Gestión Integrada de los Recursos Hídricos

    defensores.org.gtAccessed Aug 22, 2026Go to the source