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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... nitrates detected in water where known CANADA Abbotsford - Sumas aquifer Nitrate levels found to exceed US and ... nitrates in 142 locations PORTUGAL SPAIN Nebraska and Kansas More than 45 mg / litre of nitrates in 35 % of samples Canary ...
... nitrates detected in water where known CANADA Abbotsford - Sumas aquifer Nitrate levels found to exceed US and ... nitrates in 142 locations PORTUGAL SPAIN Nebraska and Kansas More than 45 mg / litre of nitrates in 35 % of samples Canary ...
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... Nitrate levels in RUSSIA Farming on an industrial scale , and the use of chemicals to boost yields , is building up ... nitrates in groundwater exceeding 50 mg / litre in more than half of locations studied BANGLADESH INDIA BURMA LAOS ...
... Nitrate levels in RUSSIA Farming on an industrial scale , and the use of chemicals to boost yields , is building up ... nitrates in groundwater exceeding 50 mg / litre in more than half of locations studied BANGLADESH INDIA BURMA LAOS ...
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... Nitrates are widely used as a fertilizer but can cause ' blue baby syndrome ' , when infants convert nitrate into nitrite , which stops their blood from transporting oxygen and can lead to suffocation and death . Since 1950 , around ...
... Nitrates are widely used as a fertilizer but can cause ' blue baby syndrome ' , when infants convert nitrate into nitrite , which stops their blood from transporting oxygen and can lead to suffocation and death . Since 1950 , around ...
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