Water concerns on the brain: A third of all respondents across MENA cited daily concerns about water scarcity and pollution as the main environmental challenge facing their country, according to Princeton University’s Arab Barometer report.

A variation of responses on water: The study, which surveyed over 26k people in 12 countries, found MENA citizens differ in what they found to be the most concerning water-related issues in their country. At least half of those surveyed in Egypt, Iraq, Tunisia, Sudan, and Jordan were concerned with the pollution of drinking water. In Kuwait and Libya, the pollution of waterways was a more important issue, while Algerians voiced more concern about a lack of water resources.

Waste management and hazardous waste contamination was the second greatest concern for MENA residents, while respondents who do not grapple with issues of food and water security spoke up about the need for governments to address climate change.

Water contamination is the leading cause of the region’s most recent cholera outbreak, which has returned to Lebanon for the first time in 30 years following an outbreak in Syria earlier this year, the World Health Organization reports.