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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... death throughout the developing countries . Recent calculations suggest that between 2000 and 2020 almost as many people may die from water - related diseases as from AIDS . However , people in developing countries do not always demand ...
... death throughout the developing countries . Recent calculations suggest that between 2000 and 2020 almost as many people may die from water - related diseases as from AIDS . However , people in developing countries do not always demand ...
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... death through rapid dehydration in 50 % of sufferers , but prompt treatment can reduce the death rate to less than 1 % . In 2001 , more than 184,000 cases of cholera were reported to the World Health Organization . Typhoid human faeces ...
... death through rapid dehydration in 50 % of sufferers , but prompt treatment can reduce the death rate to less than 1 % . In 2001 , more than 184,000 cases of cholera were reported to the World Health Organization . Typhoid human faeces ...
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... death . Since 1950 , around 3,000 deaths have been reported worldwide , but in many countries the syndrome goes unrecognized or unrecorded . In the USA up to 27,000 babies may be at risk , and several lawsuits have been taken out ...
... death . Since 1950 , around 3,000 deaths have been reported worldwide , but in many countries the syndrome goes unrecognized or unrecorded . In the USA up to 27,000 babies may be at risk , and several lawsuits have been taken out ...
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