GEO 110 Chapter 9: Chapter 9
10 Nov 2017
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In the solar system, water occurs in significant quantities only on our planet, covering. All these activities constitute water resource management: fortunately, water is a renewable resource, constantly cycling. Even so, some 1. 1 billion people lack safe drinking water. People in 80 countries face impeding water shortages, either in quantity or in quality, or both: approx. , 2. 4 billion people lack adequate sanitary facilities 80% of these in africa and. This translates to 2 million deaths a year due to lack of water and 5 million deaths a year from waterborne infections and diseases. These impacts elevate water to a crisis of global concern. All water users are for better or worse and knowingly or unknowingly agents of change who affect and are affected by, and connected through, the water cycle. Dist(cid:396)i(cid:271)utio(cid:374) of ea(cid:396)th"s wate(cid:396) toda(cid:455: from a geographical point of view, ocean and land surface are distributed unevenly on.
