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
... developing countries as a result of dirty water . Again , the detailed statistics cannot be trusted . These figures are certainly very conservative since they include only known , reported deaths . A 1997 United Nations report claimed ...
... developing countries as a result of dirty water . Again , the detailed statistics cannot be trusted . These figures are certainly very conservative since they include only known , reported deaths . A 1997 United Nations report claimed ...
Page 47
... developing countries knows , wells can , and do , dry up . of them , mostly children , die as a result of the dehydration that follows severe and untreated diarrhoea . Such disease is easily treated with salts dissolved in water . Even ...
... developing countries knows , wells can , and do , dry up . of them , mostly children , die as a result of the dehydration that follows severe and untreated diarrhoea . Such disease is easily treated with salts dissolved in water . Even ...
Page 50
... developing countries have no toilets , and yet the provision of facilities that afford children some privacy is a major factor in encouraging more girls , in particular , to attend school . The education of girls , in turn , is key to a ...
... developing countries have no toilets , and yet the provision of facilities that afford children some privacy is a major factor in encouraging more girls , in particular , to attend school . The education of girls , in turn , is key to a ...
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