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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... 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 ... cubic kilometres BOLIVIA ARGENTINA 219 87 1950 1980 H E NORWAY FINLAND SWEDEN ESTONIA RUSSIA LATVIA LITHUANIA BELARUS.
... 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 ... cubic kilometres BOLIVIA ARGENTINA 219 87 1950 1980 H E NORWAY FINLAND SWEDEN ESTONIA RUSSIA LATVIA LITHUANIA BELARUS.
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... cubic metre ( m3 ) = 1,000 litres 500 or more 250-499 100-249 10-99 0-9 no ... cubic metres per person per year , although more than half of this is used by ... kilometres 204 BOLIVIA 713 Organic pollutants Emission of industrial organic ...
... cubic metre ( m3 ) = 1,000 litres 500 or more 250-499 100-249 10-99 0-9 no ... cubic metres per person per year , although more than half of this is used by ... kilometres 204 BOLIVIA 713 Organic pollutants Emission of industrial organic ...
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... cubic kilometre ( km3 ) = 1,000,000,000 cubic metres ( m3 ) = 1,000,000,000,000 litres 1 litre = 0.264 US gallons ... kilometres ( km ) 1 kilogram ( kg ) = 2.2 pounds ( lb ) 1 pound ( lb ) = 0.45 kilograms ( kg ) = 450 grams ( g ) Metric ...
... cubic kilometre ( km3 ) = 1,000,000,000 cubic metres ( m3 ) = 1,000,000,000,000 litres 1 litre = 0.264 US gallons ... kilometres ( km ) 1 kilogram ( kg ) = 2.2 pounds ( lb ) 1 pound ( lb ) = 0.45 kilograms ( kg ) = 450 grams ( g ) Metric ...
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Introduction | 11 |
About the authors | 17 |
MORE PEOPLE LESS WATER | 23 |
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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