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 29
... increase in small - scale hydropower construction , attempts at water conservation in the home , the field and the factory , a new emphasis on creating ' more crop per drop ' , a tendency to eat less water - intensive foods , the increased ...
... increase in small - scale hydropower construction , attempts at water conservation in the home , the field and the factory , a new emphasis on creating ' more crop per drop ' , a tendency to eat less water - intensive foods , the increased ...
Page 78
... increasing political tensions between. Central Asia The demand for water in Central Asia is growing , and the competition for water is increasing political tension . The main sources of surface water , the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya ...
... increasing political tensions between. Central Asia The demand for water in Central Asia is growing , and the competition for water is increasing political tension . The main sources of surface water , the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya ...
Page 86
... increase the amount of water available by ' capturing ' more of it . Another is to waste less water , or to reduce demand , so that less water needs to be withdrawn . The other is to use the same amount of water , but in a more ...
... increase the amount of water available by ' capturing ' more of it . Another is to waste less water , or to reduce demand , so that less water needs to be withdrawn . The other is to use the same amount of water , but in a more ...
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