Quality unknown : the invisible water crisis

Title
  1. Quality unknown : the invisible water crisis / Richard Damania, Sébastien Desbureaux, Aude-Sophie Rodella, Jason Russ, and Esha Zaveri.
Published by
  1. Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2019]
  2. ©2019
Author
  1. Damania, Richard

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Additional authors
  1. Desbureaux, Sébastien
  2. Rodella-Boitreaud, Aude-Sophie
  3. Russ, Jason (Economist)
  4. Zaveri, Esha
  5. World Bank. Water Global Practice Group, issuing body.
Description
  1. xviii, 120 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 26 cm
Summary
  1. This report is an attempt to illuminate the impacts of the hidden dangers that lie beneath the water's surface and elucidate strategies for combating them. The main, though not exclusive, focus is on water quality, with a focus on nutrient loads, salt balances, and the overall environmental health of water bodies.
Subject
  1. Water quality
  2. Water quality > Economic aspects
  3. Water > Pollution
  4. Water > Pollution > Economic aspects
  5. Wasserverschmutzung
  6. Wasserversorgung
  7. Wirtschaftswachstum
  8. Entwicklungsländer
Contents
  1. Unseen threats and unknown costs -- Healthy, wealthy, and wise -- Salt of the earth -- Water quality and its determinants -- Emerging pollutants, everlasting concerns: microplastics and pharmaceuticals -- Policies to tame a wicked problem.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-120).