Quality Unknown : The Invisible Water Crisis

Water quantity—too much in the case of floods, or too little in the case of droughts—grabs public attention and the media spotlight. Water quality—being predominantly invisible and hard to detect—goes largely unnoticed. Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis presents new evidence and new data t...

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Main Authors:	Damania, Richard, Desbureaux, Sébastien, Rodella, Aude-Sophie, Russ, Jason, Zaveri, Esha
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2019
Subjects:	ENVIRONMENT WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL WATER SALINITY WATER UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH HEALTH DEVELOPMENT NITROGEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/537481566459193718/Main-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32245

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spelling	okr-10986-322452021-04-23T14:05:13Z Quality Unknown : The Invisible Water Crisis Damania, Richard Desbureaux, Sébastien Rodella, Aude-Sophie Russ, Jason Zaveri, Esha ENVIRONMENT WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL WATER SALINITY WATER UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH HEALTH DEVELOPMENT NITROGEN Water quantity—too much in the case of floods, or too little in the case of droughts—grabs public attention and the media spotlight. Water quality—being predominantly invisible and hard to detect—goes largely unnoticed. Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis presents new evidence and new data that call urgent attention to the hidden dangers lying beneath water’s surface. It shows how poor water quality stalls economic progress, stymies human potential, and reduces food production. Quality Unknown examines the effects of water quality on economic growth and finds upstream pollution lowers growth in downstream regions. It reveals that some of the most ubiquitous contaminants in water, such as nitrates and salt, have impacts that are larger, deeper, and wider than has been acknowledged. And it traces the damage to crop yields and the stark implications for food security in affected regions. An important step toward tackling the world’s water quality challenge is recognizing its scale. The world needs reliable, accurate, and comprehensive information so that policy makers can have new insights, decision making can be evidence based, and citizens can call for action. The report calls for a paradigm shift that emphasizes safer, and often more cost-effective remedies that prevent pollution by combining smarter policies with newer technologies. A key message of Quality Unknown is that such solutions exist and change is possible. 2019-08-14T18:32:23Z 2019-08-14T18:32:23Z 2019-08-20 Book http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/537481566459193718/Main-Report 978-1-4648-1459-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32245 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic	ENVIRONMENT WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL WATER SALINITY WATER UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH HEALTH DEVELOPMENT NITROGEN
spellingShingle	ENVIRONMENT WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL WATER SALINITY WATER UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH HEALTH DEVELOPMENT NITROGEN Damania, Richard Desbureaux, Sébastien Rodella, Aude-Sophie Russ, Jason Zaveri, Esha Quality Unknown : The Invisible Water Crisis
description	Water quantity—too much in the case of floods, or too little in the case of droughts—grabs public attention and the media spotlight. Water quality—being predominantly invisible and hard to detect—goes largely unnoticed. Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis presents new evidence and new data that call urgent attention to the hidden dangers lying beneath water’s surface. It shows how poor water quality stalls economic progress, stymies human potential, and reduces food production. Quality Unknown examines the effects of water quality on economic growth and finds upstream pollution lowers growth in downstream regions. It reveals that some of the most ubiquitous contaminants in water, such as nitrates and salt, have impacts that are larger, deeper, and wider than has been acknowledged. And it traces the damage to crop yields and the stark implications for food security in affected regions. An important step toward tackling the world’s water quality challenge is recognizing its scale. The world needs reliable, accurate, and comprehensive information so that policy makers can have new insights, decision making can be evidence based, and citizens can call for action. The report calls for a paradigm shift that emphasizes safer, and often more cost-effective remedies that prevent pollution by combining smarter policies with newer technologies. A key message of Quality Unknown is that such solutions exist and change is possible.
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author	Damania, Richard Desbureaux, Sébastien Rodella, Aude-Sophie Russ, Jason Zaveri, Esha
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title	Quality Unknown : The Invisible Water Crisis
title_short	Quality Unknown : The Invisible Water Crisis
title_full	Quality Unknown : The Invisible Water Crisis
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