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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... fish population . Commercial fishing ended in 1982 and what were once seaside towns and villages , now littered with the wrecks of former fishing boats , find themselves 70 km from the coastline which has been heavily polluted by ...
... fish population . Commercial fishing ended in 1982 and what were once seaside towns and villages , now littered with the wrecks of former fishing boats , find themselves 70 km from the coastline which has been heavily polluted by ...
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... fish and other wildlife , and the consequent loss of livelihood for local people . In 1971 , the Convention on Wetlands was signed at Ramsar in Iran . A list of 1,388 important international wetlands has been drawn up over the ...
... fish and other wildlife , and the consequent loss of livelihood for local people . In 1971 , the Convention on Wetlands was signed at Ramsar in Iran . A list of 1,388 important international wetlands has been drawn up over the ...
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... fish stocks downriver or pollutes drinking water . Frankfurt airport terminal captures 16 million litres of rain a year on its roof for use in cleaning , gardening and toilets INDUSTRY Industrial savings Industrial water use per person ...
... fish stocks downriver or pollutes drinking water . Frankfurt airport terminal captures 16 million litres of rain a year on its roof for use in cleaning , gardening and toilets INDUSTRY Industrial savings Industrial water use per person ...
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