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. CANADA USA aquifers Contaminated hazardous waste is injected into the ground . In the USA , 60 % of liquid in Traces have shown up aquifers in Florida , Ohio Oklahoma and Texas MEXICO CUBA JAMAICA DOMINICAN ...
Robin Clarke, Jannet King. CANADA USA aquifers Contaminated hazardous waste is injected into the ground . In the USA , 60 % of liquid in Traces have shown up aquifers in Florida , Ohio Oklahoma and Texas MEXICO CUBA JAMAICA DOMINICAN ...
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... aquifers area with generally poor aquifers selected megacities Saltwater intrusion areas where over - withdrawal of fresh water has allowed saltwater to intrude into aquifers Subsidence in USA Ground subsidence because of water mining ...
... aquifers area with generally poor aquifers selected megacities Saltwater intrusion areas where over - withdrawal of fresh water has allowed saltwater to intrude into aquifers Subsidence in USA Ground subsidence because of water mining ...
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... aquifers are also controlled by the Israeli government , including access to the mountain aquifer - the only source of water for the West Bank . Because the coastal aquifer has been over - used , it is being recharged from wastewater ...
... aquifers are also controlled by the Israeli government , including access to the mountain aquifer - the only source of water for the West Bank . Because the coastal aquifer has been over - used , it is being recharged from wastewater ...
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