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 12
... contaminated water or eating contaminated food . Perhaps . But again the broad - brush picture is certainly accurate enough : dirty water causes immense suffering and high rates of premature death throughout the developing countries ...
... contaminated water or eating contaminated food . Perhaps . But again the broad - brush picture is certainly accurate enough : dirty water causes immense suffering and high rates of premature death throughout the developing countries ...
Page 29
... Contaminated water has led to a 30 - fold increase in the incidence of typhoid . Infant mortality in the Aral region is among the world's highest . spew out rich concoctions of toxic chemicals without regard for downstream fish ...
... Contaminated water has led to a 30 - fold increase in the incidence of typhoid . Infant mortality in the Aral region is among the world's highest . spew out rich concoctions of toxic chemicals without regard for downstream fish ...
Page 52
... contaminated by human or animal faeces . Diarrhoea is endemic in countries with poor water supplies . Children become infected and then re - infected in a deadly cycle of disease . Severe diarrhoea , if left untreated , can kill simply ...
... contaminated by human or animal faeces . Diarrhoea is endemic in countries with poor water supplies . Children become infected and then re - infected in a deadly cycle of disease . Severe diarrhoea , if left untreated , can kill simply ...
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