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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... water tap in their house . Instead , they have to fetch their water , often several times a day , in a pail or jar . Women may carry around 15 litres of water at a time back - breaking work , which may take several hours each day ...
... water tap in their house . Instead , they have to fetch their water , often several times a day , in a pail or jar . Women may carry around 15 litres of water at a time back - breaking work , which may take several hours each day ...
Page 84
... water Average consumption per person per year 2002 or latest available litres 20 litres 101 litres The market in bottled water was estimated to be worth more than US $ 20 billion a year in 2002 , and is expanding rapidly . A number of ...
... water Average consumption per person per year 2002 or latest available litres 20 litres 101 litres The market in bottled water was estimated to be worth more than US $ 20 billion a year in 2002 , and is expanding rapidly . A number of ...
Page 112
... litres 1 cubic kilometre ( km3 ) = 1,000,000,000 cubic metres ( m3 ) = 1,000,000,000,000 litres 1 litre = 0.264 US ... water - weight conversion 1 kilogram ( kg ) of water = 1 litre of water 1 gram of water = 1 cubic centimetre ( cc ) of ...
... litres 1 cubic kilometre ( km3 ) = 1,000,000,000 cubic metres ( m3 ) = 1,000,000,000,000 litres 1 litre = 0.264 US ... water - weight conversion 1 kilogram ( kg ) of water = 1 litre of water 1 gram of water = 1 cubic centimetre ( cc ) of ...
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