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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... mg / litre of FRANCE SWITZ nitrates in 142 locations PORTUGAL SPAIN Nebraska and Kansas More than 45 mg / litre of nitrates in 35 % of samples Canary Islands , Spain Use of nitrates on banana plantations has polluted wells , with 70-265 mg ...
... mg / litre of FRANCE SWITZ nitrates in 142 locations PORTUGAL SPAIN Nebraska and Kansas More than 45 mg / litre of nitrates in 35 % of samples Canary Islands , Spain Use of nitrates on banana plantations has polluted wells , with 70-265 mg ...
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... mg / litre of nitrates near small towns 56 0 26 14 IRAN OMAN PAKISTAN MONGOLIA NORTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA JAPAN CHINA BHUTAN NEPAL Beijing , Tianjin , Hebei Fertilizer run - off has led to nitrates in groundwater exceeding 50 mg / litre in ...
... mg / litre of nitrates near small towns 56 0 26 14 IRAN OMAN PAKISTAN MONGOLIA NORTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA JAPAN CHINA BHUTAN NEPAL Beijing , Tianjin , Hebei Fertilizer run - off has led to nitrates in groundwater exceeding 50 mg / litre in ...
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... mg / litre 1999 WHO guidelines recommend levels below 0.01 mg / litre 75 % -100 % 50 % -74 % 25 % -49 % less than 25 % no data RE - SHAPING THE NATURAL More than 40,000 dams fragment. 57 INSIDIOUS CONTAMINATION Microscopic amounts of ...
... mg / litre 1999 WHO guidelines recommend levels below 0.01 mg / litre 75 % -100 % 50 % -74 % 25 % -49 % less than 25 % no data RE - SHAPING THE NATURAL More than 40,000 dams fragment. 57 INSIDIOUS CONTAMINATION Microscopic amounts 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