Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health
As the human population grows—tripling in the past century while, simultaneously, quadrupling its demand for water—Earth''s finite freshwater supplies are increasingly strained, and also increasingly contaminated by domestic, agricultural, and industrial wastes. Today, approximately one-third of the world''s population lives in areas with scarce water resources. Nearly one billion people currently...
As the human population grows—tripling in the past century while, simultaneously, quadrupling its demand for water—Earth''s finite freshwater supplies are increasingly strained, and also increasingly contaminated by domestic, agricultural, and industrial wastes. Today, approximately one-third of the world''s population lives in areas with scarce water resources. Nearly one billion people currently...
