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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... PARAGUAY URUGUAY ARGENTINA USA 2.5 India Russia 1.7 Japan 1.5 1.4 NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION RUSSIA As industrial pollutants make. Organic pollutants Emission of industrial organic water pollutants per worker per day 2000 ...
... PARAGUAY URUGUAY ARGENTINA USA 2.5 India Russia 1.7 Japan 1.5 1.4 NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION RUSSIA As industrial pollutants make. Organic pollutants Emission of industrial organic water pollutants per worker per day 2000 ...
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... Paraguay and Brazil 1982 Created a 200 - km long lake and international controversy ; 1,350 km2 of rainforest destroyed Tucurui , Brazil 1975-85 25,000-35,000 plus indigenous peoples 100,000 affected by reduced water quality and loss of ...
... Paraguay and Brazil 1982 Created a 200 - km long lake and international controversy ; 1,350 km2 of rainforest destroyed Tucurui , Brazil 1975-85 25,000-35,000 plus indigenous peoples 100,000 affected by reduced water quality and loss of ...
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... PARAGUAY URUGUAY MAURITANIA CAPE VERDE SENEGAL GAMBIA GUINEA - BISSAU NIGE MALI BURKINA FASO GUINEA COTE SIERRA LEONE D'IVOIRE BENIN GHANA TOGO NIGER 13 % 19 % 24 % 36 % 21 % 66 % 32 % 40 % Africa Latin America & Caribbean CAMEROO ...
... PARAGUAY URUGUAY MAURITANIA CAPE VERDE SENEGAL GAMBIA GUINEA - BISSAU NIGE MALI BURKINA FASO GUINEA COTE SIERRA LEONE D'IVOIRE BENIN GHANA TOGO NIGER 13 % 19 % 24 % 36 % 21 % 66 % 32 % 40 % Africa Latin America & Caribbean CAMEROO ...
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