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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Robin Clarke, Jannet King. What water is used for Proportion of water used per sector in order of quantity withdrawn ICELAND ... water are withdrawn every year - an average of around 1,700 litres per person per day . But while the total ...
Robin Clarke, Jannet King. What water is used for Proportion of water used per sector in order of quantity withdrawn ICELAND ... water are withdrawn every year - an average of around 1,700 litres per person per day . But while the total ...
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... water use Amount. Domestic water use Amount of water withdrawn for domestic use per year 2000 cubic metres per person 1 cubic metre ( m3 ) = 1,000 litres 200 or more 100-199 50-99 10-49 0-9 no data CANADA is USA W ater usage is one of ...
... water use Amount. Domestic water use Amount of water withdrawn for domestic use per year 2000 cubic metres per person 1 cubic metre ( m3 ) = 1,000 litres 200 or more 100-199 50-99 10-49 0-9 no data CANADA is USA W ater usage is one of ...
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... water supplies , made more urgent by the uncertainty over future climate trends . There are a number of ways water use can be improved . One is to increase the amount of water available by ' capturing ' more of it . Another is to waste less ...
... water supplies , made more urgent by the uncertainty over future climate trends . There are a number of ways water use can be improved . One is to increase the amount of water available by ' capturing ' more of it . Another is to waste less ...
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