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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... caused annually by dirty water . Most of these deaths are of children and are the result of dehydration from diarrhoea caused by ingesting faecal bacteria . Many more people are crippled by water - related disease , unable to work or ...
... caused annually by dirty water . Most of these deaths are of children and are the result of dehydration from diarrhoea caused by ingesting faecal bacteria . Many more people are crippled by water - related disease , unable to work or ...
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... caused by a parasite , and affects some 200 million people . It causes chronic illness and stunts a child's growth and development . All water - borne diseases are exacerbated by , and are in turn the cause of , poverty . It is no ...
... caused by a parasite , and affects some 200 million people . It causes chronic illness and stunts a child's growth and development . All water - borne diseases are exacerbated by , and are in turn the cause of , poverty . It is no ...
Page 53
... caused by trachoma 2001 Some diseases flourish because water for washing is in short supply . Trachoma , which causes blindness , is transmitted by physical contact between people , and is often passed on from child to mother . It ...
... caused by trachoma 2001 Some diseases flourish because water for washing is in short supply . Trachoma , which causes blindness , is transmitted by physical contact between people , and is often passed on from child to mother . It ...
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