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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... disease . Severe diarrhoea , if left untreated , can kill simply through dehydration . Chronic diarrhoea , to which malnourished children are especially vulnerable , can itself be the cause of malnutrition . Some water - borne diseases ...
... disease . Severe diarrhoea , if left untreated , can kill simply through dehydration . Chronic diarrhoea , to which malnourished children are especially vulnerable , can itself be the cause of malnutrition . Some water - borne diseases ...
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... disease is spread by mosquitoes , which lay their eggs in standing water . Many other vector- borne diseases , such ... disease , in turn , places a huge financial burden on the poor . It is estimated that each bout of malaria costs 10 ...
... disease is spread by mosquitoes , which lay their eggs in standing water . Many other vector- borne diseases , such ... disease , in turn , places a huge financial burden on the poor . It is estimated that each bout of malaria costs 10 ...
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... diseases WHO fact sheets on water - related disease : < www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/en/ > Deaths from dirty water Trachoma The World Health Report 2002. WHO , Geneva 2003 , Annex Table 11 54-55 HARBOURING DISEASE WHO ...
... diseases WHO fact sheets on water - related disease : < www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/en/ > Deaths from dirty water Trachoma The World Health Report 2002. WHO , Geneva 2003 , Annex Table 11 54-55 HARBOURING DISEASE WHO ...
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