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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Page 54
... areas of still water behind them , and these have been shown to encourage certain diseases . In Ethiopia micro - dams , considered to be more environmentally sustainable than large - scale operations , have led to a seven - fold ...
... areas of still water behind them , and these have been shown to encourage certain diseases . In Ethiopia micro - dams , considered to be more environmentally sustainable than large - scale operations , have led to a seven - fold ...
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... area with complex structure including some important aquifers area with generally poor aquifers selected megacities Saltwater intrusion areas where over - withdrawal of fresh water has allowed saltwater to intrude into aquifers ...
... area with complex structure including some important aquifers area with generally poor aquifers selected megacities Saltwater intrusion areas where over - withdrawal of fresh water has allowed saltwater to intrude into aquifers ...
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... area of a city is one of the most effective ways of improving the health and well - being of a large group of people . This shows up most clearly in child mortality rates . In many middle - income countries , deaths of children in urban ...
... area of a city is one of the most effective ways of improving the health and well - being of a large group of people . This shows up most clearly in child mortality rates . In many middle - income countries , deaths of children in urban ...
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