According to the total water demands by user, currently the major water consumer is the irrigation sector with 44 per cent, followed by nature with 31 per cent, then industry with 14 per cent, and drinking water supply by population and tourists with 11 per cent (Figure 7.1). Total annual water abstraction in the country has been decreasing in recent years, especially from surface water (Figure 7.2). It might be related to the breakdown in industry at the moment even if industry is still a big user of groundwater.