| Author: Elizabeth Mygatt |
| InfoShare Partner: Earth Policy Institute |
| Publication Date: July 2006 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Environment and health/population |
| Region: Global |
| Language: English |
| File Size: 24 KB |
| File Format: Web Page You should be able to view web pages in your web browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.)
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Global freshwater use tripled during the second half of the twentieth century as population more than doubled and as technological advances let farmers and other water users pump groundwater from greater depths and harness river water with more and larger dams. As global demand soars, pressures on the world’s water resources are straining aquatic systems worldwide. Rivers are running dry, lakes are disappearing, and water tables are dropping. Additional data may be found at http://www.earth-policy.org/Indicators/Water/2006.htm
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