Water Watch: A Community Action Guide
Abdur-Razzaq Lubis, 1998, 96 pages.
WATER PROBLEMS – of supply, contamination and waste – are critical indicators of the limits of urban growth and flaws in urban development. This work is a source-book aimed at raising popular awareness of water problems and at empowering communities and individuals with simple ways of conserving and managing their water.
The book begins with a profile of water including aspects of chemistry, biology and belief, and shows how water should be viewed as a service rather than a product in the market economy. It also considers the areas of greatest water stress (measured by the volume of water used as a percentage of the total water available) with Africa, South Asia and the Middle East suffering the highest levels of water stress.
agencies and conferences.