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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... lakes and salty aquifers ( underground reserves ) . Of the 2.5 percent that is fresh water , more than two - thirds is unavailable for human use because it is locked up in glaciers , snow , ice and permafrost . Of the fresh water that ...
... lakes and salty aquifers ( underground reserves ) . Of the 2.5 percent that is fresh water , more than two - thirds is unavailable for human use because it is locked up in glaciers , snow , ice and permafrost . Of the fresh water that ...
Page 36
... lakes , leach into the soil , and contaminate the water we drink . Fertilizer use in the industrialized world soared between 1960 and 1980. It subsequently declined in Europe , but in the developing world , where fertilizers offer a ...
... lakes , leach into the soil , and contaminate the water we drink . Fertilizer use in the industrialized world soared between 1960 and 1980. It subsequently declined in Europe , but in the developing world , where fertilizers offer a ...
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... Lake Canal KAZAKHSTAN UZBEKISTAN Syr Darya Lake Balkhash reservoir lake Shardara . Bukhara reservo Dushanbe reservoir lake Toktogul proposed dams TAJIKISTAN Bishkek KYRGYZSTAN AFGHANISTAN USA and Mexico The Colorado River is the main ...
... Lake Canal KAZAKHSTAN UZBEKISTAN Syr Darya Lake Balkhash reservoir lake Shardara . Bukhara reservo Dushanbe reservoir lake Toktogul proposed dams TAJIKISTAN Bishkek KYRGYZSTAN AFGHANISTAN USA and Mexico The Colorado River is the main ...
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