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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... hydropower provided by reservoirs supplies one - fifth of the world's electricity , without The death of the Aral Sea is the most dramatic example of the abuse of water . But it is far from unique . Its converse , the flooding of vast ...
... hydropower provided by reservoirs supplies one - fifth of the world's electricity , without The death of the Aral Sea is the most dramatic example of the abuse of water . But it is far from unique . Its converse , the flooding of vast ...
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... a result of industrial processes Major polluters Emissions of organic water pollutants per day 1998 million kilogrammes Importance of hydropower Hydropower as a percentage of total electricity. 40 Copyright Myriad Editions Limited.
... a result of industrial processes Major polluters Emissions of organic water pollutants per day 1998 million kilogrammes Importance of hydropower Hydropower as a percentage of total electricity. 40 Copyright Myriad Editions Limited.
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... hydropower Hydropower as a percentage of total electricity produced 2000 91 % -100 % 51 % -90 % 26 % - 50 % 11 % -25 % 10 % or less no data CANADA IRELAND USA UNITED KINGDOM PORTUGAL SPAIN NETH . BELGIUM FRANCE SWITZ Percentage change ...
... hydropower Hydropower as a percentage of total electricity produced 2000 91 % -100 % 51 % -90 % 26 % - 50 % 11 % -25 % 10 % or less no data CANADA IRELAND USA UNITED KINGDOM PORTUGAL SPAIN NETH . BELGIUM FRANCE SWITZ Percentage change ...
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