The Impact of Water Scarcity on Heath and Well-Being in Egypt أثر ندره المياه في الصحة والرفاهية في مصر

This research aimed to study the impact of water scarcity on health and well-being in Egypt using two quantitative studies. In the first study, ARIMA model was used to model and predict two indicators of health and well-being by examining the effect of annual freshwater withdrawals, water productivity, and level of water stress as three indicators of water scarcity, beside population as a controlled variable. The results indicated that life expectancy at birth is positively affected by annual freshwater withdrawals and water productivity, while it is negatively affected by level of water stress and population. In contrast, the results of morality rate-under five were in stark contrast. In light of this, the two indicators of health and well-being in Egypt were predicted until 2030. In the second study, questionnaires were collected from a non- probabilistic sample of 407 individuals. The results indicated that difficulty (physical health problems) are not statistically affected by any the three dimensions of water scarcity, namely awareness, perception, and adaption/behavior, Frequency (psychological health problems) are positively and statistically affected by the three dimensions of water scarcity. Hence, the research came out a set of recommendations that help in treating water scarcity in Egypt in addition to support health and well-being of the Egyptian citizen. The research is considered an attempt to enrich studies that dealt with the relationship between the two variables in that it combined two quantitative studies. The research also suggested a set of future research opportunities when discussing the research limitations.