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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... latrines . Much , if not most , is simply flushed away , without treatment , into rivers , lakes and the sea . This still happens in developed countries , and is almost standard practice in the developing world , where many major rivers ...
... latrines . Much , if not most , is simply flushed away , without treatment , into rivers , lakes and the sea . This still happens in developed countries , and is almost standard practice in the developing world , where many major rivers ...
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... latrine , a simple pit latrine , or a ventilated improved pit latrine . Sanitation facilities are considered adequate if they are private or shared ( but not public ) , and if they can effectively prevent direct contact between the ...
... latrine , a simple pit latrine , or a ventilated improved pit latrine . Sanitation facilities are considered adequate if they are private or shared ( but not public ) , and if they can effectively prevent direct contact between the ...
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... latrines 50 , 111 lead 57 leakage 30 , 34 , 34 , 66 , 86 Lesotho 44 lymphatic filariasis 54 , 54 malaria 47 , 54 , 54 , 56 , 62 malnourishment 32-33 Manavgat river 11 , 68 Mekong River Committee 12 , 76 Melamchi Project , Nepal 60 ...
... latrines 50 , 111 lead 57 leakage 30 , 34 , 34 , 66 , 86 Lesotho 44 lymphatic filariasis 54 , 54 malaria 47 , 54 , 54 , 56 , 62 malnourishment 32-33 Manavgat river 11 , 68 Mekong River Committee 12 , 76 Melamchi Project , Nepal 60 ...
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