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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... tanker . Tankers are more normally associated with the liquid gold known as oil . Iraq's northern neighbour may have little oil but it is exceptionally well placed to trade in water , of which it has significant amounts compared to its ...
... tanker . Tankers are more normally associated with the liquid gold known as oil . Iraq's northern neighbour may have little oil but it is exceptionally well placed to trade in water , of which it has significant amounts compared to its ...
Page 60
... tankers , or water from unsafe wells . The Melamchi project involves diverting the river from an adjacent valley through a tunnel 26 kilometres long , treating it and distributing it to the three towns in the valley . Much of the ...
... tankers , or water from unsafe wells . The Melamchi project involves diverting the river from an adjacent valley through a tunnel 26 kilometres long , treating it and distributing it to the three towns in the valley . Much of the ...
Page 126
... 84 , 111 soil 20 Spain 60 , 85 steel production 39 subsidence 64 , 64 Suez company 85 surface runoff 20 surface water 20 , 38 , 111 pollution of 53 Swaziland 48 Syr Darya 35 , 78 tankers 11 , 68 , 68-69 Thailand 44 Tigris 11 126.
... 84 , 111 soil 20 Spain 60 , 85 steel production 39 subsidence 64 , 64 Suez company 85 surface runoff 20 surface water 20 , 38 , 111 pollution of 53 Swaziland 48 Syr Darya 35 , 78 tankers 11 , 68 , 68-69 Thailand 44 Tigris 11 126.
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