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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... waste has led to levels of more than 45 mg / litre of nitrates in shallow groundwater Animal slurry Farm animals in the USA produce 130 times more waste than humans do , much of which finds its way into the water system CHILE BOLIVIA ...
... waste has led to levels of more than 45 mg / litre of nitrates in shallow groundwater Animal slurry Farm animals in the USA produce 130 times more waste than humans do , much of which finds its way into the water system CHILE BOLIVIA ...
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... waste killed a 27 - km long river , the main source of livelihood for local people , and raised the level of zinc in drinking water to 14 times over the safe levels . SENEGAL GAMBIA COTE SIERRA LEONE D'IVOIRE Industrial sludge 300-500 ...
... waste killed a 27 - km long river , the main source of livelihood for local people , and raised the level of zinc in drinking water to 14 times over the safe levels . SENEGAL GAMBIA COTE SIERRA LEONE D'IVOIRE Industrial sludge 300-500 ...
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... waste . Subsidies for agricultural water use often lead to waste , and to inappropriate crops . In Spain , for example , the price paid by some farmers is only 1 % of the true cost of providing the water , which is why they are able to ...
... waste . Subsidies for agricultural water use often lead to waste , and to inappropriate crops . In Spain , for example , the price paid by some farmers is only 1 % of the true cost of providing the water , which is why they are able to ...
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