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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... effect on the human hormonal system is still being assessed , but they have been linked to falling sperm rates and other abnormalities . The pesticide DDT was once widely used . Now banned in many countries , its residues are still ...
... effect on the human hormonal system is still being assessed , but they have been linked to falling sperm rates and other abnormalities . The pesticide DDT was once widely used . Now banned in many countries , its residues are still ...
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... effect on health . HUNGARY Hawabganj Rajshashi CHINA PAKISTAN INDIA BURMA BANGLADESH VIETNAM CAMBODIA THAILAND BANGLADESH Natore TAIWAN Lead levels in some of Asia's rivers are 20 times higher than in rivers in OECD countries Up to half ...
... effect on health . HUNGARY Hawabganj Rajshashi CHINA PAKISTAN INDIA BURMA BANGLADESH VIETNAM CAMBODIA THAILAND BANGLADESH Natore TAIWAN Lead levels in some of Asia's rivers are 20 times higher than in rivers in OECD countries Up to half ...
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... effect on the ecology of a river , and on the people who live downstream and depend on its waters , but even more grandiose schemes are now being planned to divert rivers from one region to another . Around the world , diversion schemes ...
... effect on the ecology of a river , and on the people who live downstream and depend on its waters , but even more grandiose schemes are now being planned to divert rivers from one region to another . Around the world , diversion schemes ...
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