Sick water? The central role of wastewater management in sustainable development - A rapid response assessment
Corcoran, E., et al. (2010)
Published in: 2010
Pages: 88
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UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenia
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Corcoran, E., et al.
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The world is facing a global water quality crisis. Continuing population growth and urbanisation, rapid industralisation, and expanding and intensifying food production are all putting pressure on water resources and increasing the unregulated or illegal discharge of contaminated water within and beyond national borders. This presents a global threat to human health and wellbeing, with both immediate and long term consequences for efforts to reduce poverty whilst sustaining the integrity of some of our most productive ecosystems. There are many causes driving this crisis, but it is clear that freshwater and coastal ecosystems across the globe, upon which humanity has depended for millennia, are increasingly threatened. It is equally clear that future demands for water cannot be met unless
wastewater management is revolutionized.
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Corcoran, E., et al. (2010). Sick water? The central role of wastewater management in sustainable development - A rapid response assessment. UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenia
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