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In Georgia, around 70 % of total water resources are used by agriculture. Irrigation is common in crop production, and accounted for 34 % of total water use in 2016.  After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the abandonment of many agricultural and industrial areas resulted in a substantial decrease in water abstraction between 1990-1995 (UNECE, 2016d). In particular, the collapse of industry after the Soviet era, as well as the transition from state-owned farms to privately owned farms, resulted in a substantial decrease in water abstraction for manufacturing industries and agriculture. Since 2000, total water use in Georgia has more than doubled (1 834 million m³ in 2016) largely due to agriculture. Water abstraction and the demand for water use are projected to increase in Georgia in the years to come, while agriculture is expected to remain as the main sectoral pressure on renewable water resources (UNECE, 2016d).