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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... underground aquifers . Although this groundwater is a key resource in many countries , it is being used faster than it is replenished . Surface water is in constant motion . It is evaporated from the land and oceans by the sun's heat ...
... underground aquifers . Although this groundwater is a key resource in many countries , it is being used faster than it is replenished . Surface water is in constant motion . It is evaporated from the land and oceans by the sun's heat ...
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Robin Clarke, Jannet King. Bogota Santiago GROUNDWATER MINING The world's aquifers are being mined for their. Where groundwater is found major groundwater basin with highly productive aquifers area with complex structure including some ...
Robin Clarke, Jannet King. Bogota Santiago GROUNDWATER MINING The world's aquifers are being mined for their. Where groundwater is found major groundwater basin with highly productive aquifers area with complex structure including some ...
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... Underground aquifers are also controlled by the Israeli government , including access to the mountain aquifer - the only source of water for the West Bank . Because the coastal aquifer has been over - used , it is being recharged from ...
... Underground aquifers are also controlled by the Israeli government , including access to the mountain aquifer - the only source of water for the West Bank . Because the coastal aquifer has been over - used , it is being recharged from ...
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