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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... desalination capacity during its retreat , having already poisoned and diverted the waters on which the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq depended for their livelihoods and lifestyles . Dams and hydroelectric plants were bombed , and wells ...
... desalination capacity during its retreat , having already poisoned and diverted the waters on which the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq depended for their livelihoods and lifestyles . Dams and hydroelectric plants were bombed , and wells ...
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... Desalination capacity m3 per day 1996 9 Water Poverty Index rating out of 100 2003 Countries per year 2000 projected 5,667 6,906 0 % 48 11,085 61 2,068 2,165 0 % 170 5,960 61 Czech Republic Denmark 475 281 0 % 38 Djibouti 2,508 1,768 0 ...
... Desalination capacity m3 per day 1996 9 Water Poverty Index rating out of 100 2003 Countries per year 2000 projected 5,667 6,906 0 % 48 11,085 61 2,068 2,165 0 % 170 5,960 61 Czech Republic Denmark 475 281 0 % 38 Djibouti 2,508 1,768 0 ...
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... desalination World Water Assessment Programme Water for People , Water for Life . UNESCO and Berghahn Books 2003 , p89 UK desalination Independent on Sunday quoting BBC Countryfile , 11/11/03 cited on < www.rivernet.org/prs03_05.htm ...
... desalination World Water Assessment Programme Water for People , Water for Life . UNESCO and Berghahn Books 2003 , p89 UK desalination Independent on Sunday quoting BBC Countryfile , 11/11/03 cited on < www.rivernet.org/prs03_05.htm ...
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