The Atlas of WaterCovering the global picture, this book provides an overview of our water consumption, as well as highlighting the scarcity and quality of our most critical resource in vulnerable regions such as California, the Middle East and India. |
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... drinking water USA V ast stores of water are held beneath the ground in areas of porous rock known as aquifers . This groundwater represents the only source of drinking water for about a quarter of the world's population . But in many ...
... drinking water USA V ast stores of water are held beneath the ground in areas of porous rock known as aquifers . This groundwater represents the only source of drinking water for about a quarter of the world's population . But in many ...
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... drinking water that is contaminated by human or animal faeces . Diarrhoea is endemic in countries with poor water supplies . Children become infected and then re - infected in a deadly cycle of disease . Severe diarrhoea , if left ...
... drinking water that is contaminated by human or animal faeces . Diarrhoea is endemic in countries with poor water supplies . Children become infected and then re - infected in a deadly cycle of disease . Severe diarrhoea , if left ...
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... % -74 % 25 % -49 % less than 25 % no data RE - SHAPING THE NATURAL More than 40,000 dams fragment. 57 INSIDIOUS CONTAMINATION Microscopic amounts of chemicals in drinking water can build in the body and have a devastating effect on health.
... % -74 % 25 % -49 % less than 25 % no data RE - SHAPING THE NATURAL More than 40,000 dams fragment. 57 INSIDIOUS CONTAMINATION Microscopic amounts of chemicals in drinking water can build in the body and have a devastating effect on health.
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
About the authors | 17 |
MORE PEOPLE LESS WATER | 23 |
Copyright | |
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AFGHANISTAN agriculture ALGERIA amount of water ANGOLA ZAMBIA aquifers areas ARGENTINA Asia BANGLADESH BELARUS BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REP CHILE COLOMBIA CONGO contaminated cubic metres dams desalination developing countries disease DJIBOUTI domestic DOMINICAN drinking water ECUADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ETHIOPIA flood fresh water GABON groundwater GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA hectares HONDURAS HUNGARY hydropower India INDONESIA industrial IRAN IRAQ irrigation Israel JAMAICA JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA kilometres km³ KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LEBANON LESOTHO LITHUANIA litres m³ per person MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MAURITANIA Mexico mg/litre million MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MOROCCO ALGERIA MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NAMIBIA BOTSWANA NEPAL NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU BRAZIL PHILIPPINES pollutants population renewable water REPUBLIC rivers ROMANIA RUSSIA sanitation SENEGAL GAMBIA SOUTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA CHINA SRI LANKA SUDAN SYRIA TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Turkey TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA wastewater water resources water supply wetlands World Water YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE