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Sick Water? the Central Role of Wastewater Management in Sustainable Development
Sick Water the Central Role of Wastewater Management in Sustainable Development Author:United Nations The world is facing a global water quality crisis. Continuing population growth and urbanisation, rapid industrialisation, and expanding plus intensifying food production are all placing pressure on water resources and increasing the unregulated or illegal discharge of contaminated water within and beyond national borders. This presents a global... more » 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. This report not only identifies the threats to human and ecological health and the consequences of inaction, but also presents opportunities, where appropriate policy and management responses over the short and longer term can trigger employment, support livelihoods, boost public and ecosystem health and contribute to more intelligent water management.« less