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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... water are withdrawn every year - an average of around 1,700 litres per person per day . But while the total amount of fresh water in the world remains the same , the amount of water withdrawn per person is increasing . Most water is ...
... water are withdrawn every year - an average of around 1,700 litres per person per day . But while the total amount of fresh water in the world remains the same , the amount of water withdrawn per person is increasing . Most water is ...
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... water withdrawn for use by. H E NORWAY FINLAND SWEDEN ESTONIA RUSSIA LATVIA LITHUANIA BELARUS POLAND CZECH UKRAINE REPUBLIC AUSTRIA HUNGARY MOLDOVA ROMANIA RUSSIA KAZAKHSTAN WATER AT HOME Only 10 % of all water withdrawn is intended for ...
... water withdrawn for use by. H E NORWAY FINLAND SWEDEN ESTONIA RUSSIA LATVIA LITHUANIA BELARUS POLAND CZECH UKRAINE REPUBLIC AUSTRIA HUNGARY MOLDOVA ROMANIA RUSSIA KAZAKHSTAN WATER AT HOME Only 10 % of all water withdrawn is intended for ...
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... water withdrawn is used by industry . This amounts to an average of about 130 cubic metres per person per year , although more than half of this is used by hydropower plants , and for cooling in power stations , with much of the the water ...
... water withdrawn is used by industry . This amounts to an average of about 130 cubic metres per person per year , although more than half of this is used by hydropower plants , and for cooling in power stations , with much of the the water ...
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