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SRI Focus: Water - increasing demand, diminishing supply
SRI Focus: Water - increasing demand, diminishing supply
October 2007
Against a background of increasing demand for water, the 2006 United Nations World Water Development Report suggests that, "in many parts of the world, available water quantity is decreasing and quality is worsening".
The growth in demand reflects a growing global population combined with rising consumption of water by agriculture and industry. Alongside this, increasing levels of pollution plus the impacts of climate change are affecting water supply.
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SRI Focus: Water - increasing demand, diminishing supply
