Worldwide Water Pollution Data
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Worldwide water pollution data. We look in detail at the data and research on the health impacts of indoor air pollution attributed deaths and its causes across the world in our full entry. Getting good data on the many issues related to freshwater has long been a challenge. Levels of water use vary significantly across the world. Performance and pricing data for global water utilities.
The world s water vol. Here you will find data tables from the world s water series. Igrac global groundwater information system interactive portal to groundwater data and. As operational part of the gems water programme of the united nations environment programme unep gemstat is hosted by the gems water data centre gwdc within the international centre for.
A study undertaken back in 90s revealed that 1 200 million people are affected by water pollution. The visualization shows the average level of water withdrawal per capita per year. Similarly the data compiled by the un reveals that 3 5 million worldwide people succumb to water scarcity as well as sanitation and hygiene related problems. Data measured at the water source on the quality of water is essential for both the delivery of services and the prevention of diseases.
It develops in two contexts. Who unicef joint monitoring programme un water supply and sanitation statistics for the water mdgs. Air pollution is one of the world s largest health and environmental problems. The global freshwater quality database gemstat provides scientifically sound data and information on the state and trend of global inland water quality.
As described in detail in our data quality definitions section water withdrawal is defined as the quantity of freshwater taken from groundwater or surface water sources such as lakes or rivers for use in agricultural industrial or domestic purposes. See our methodology for more information. Indoor household air pollution and outdoor air pollution. Pm2 5 air pollution mean annual exposure micrograms per cubic meter pm2 5 air pollution population exposed to levels exceeding who guideline value of total population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters of total population.
It is time to put pollution on the map. Global water governance in the twenty first century heather cooley newsha ajami mai lan ha veena srinivasan jason morrison kristina donnelly.