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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... large dams are likely to prevent this . But there is still potential for small hydropower schemes , which generate less than 10 megawatts - sufficient energy to power a small town . They are ideal for remote rural areas , where the cost ...
... large dams are likely to prevent this . But there is still potential for small hydropower schemes , which generate less than 10 megawatts - sufficient energy to power a small town . They are ideal for remote rural areas , where the cost ...
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... dams Percentage of total 2003 Itaipu , Paraná River , Paraguay and Brazil 1982 Created a 200 - km long lake and ... large dams . Up to 40 percent of irrigated land now relies on dams , and hydroelectric plants generate 19 percent of the ...
... dams Percentage of total 2003 Itaipu , Paraná River , Paraguay and Brazil 1982 Created a 200 - km long lake and ... large dams . Up to 40 percent of irrigated land now relies on dams , and hydroelectric plants generate 19 percent of the ...
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... Dam area flooded large towns and cities affected 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to water. Manantali ... large dams worldwide affect 6 out of 10 major rivers , and have caused about 80 million people to be forcibly ...
... Dam area flooded large towns and cities affected 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to water. Manantali ... large dams worldwide affect 6 out of 10 major rivers , and have caused about 80 million people to be forcibly ...
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