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Water
Title: Guide to Water Statistics - Sustainable Development Information Service
Resource Type: Database
Resource Language(s): English    
Abstract: This service is a guide to worldwide water statistics maintained by or through the United National Environment Program (UNEP), World Health Organization (WHO) and International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC), which can be searched for Guatemala. Includes information and connections on:

  • Drinking Water and Sanitation: Drinking Water and Sanitation Statistics (WHO)
  • Freshwater Quality: Global Environmental Data (UNEP/GEMS) & Global Freshwater Quality (UNEP/GEMS)
  • Lakes: State of World Lakes (ILEC) & Global Resource Information Database ( GRID) (UNEP/GEMS/GRID)
  • Affiliation: World Resources Institute
    Title: The World's Water - Data Tables
    Resource Type: Database
    Resource Language(s): English    
    Author: Peter Glieck
    Abstract: A site dedicated to providing up-to-date water information and data and web connections to organizations, institutions, and individuals working on a wide range of global freshwater problems and solutions. Includes a section of The World's Water is devoted to tables, figures, and maps from Peter Glieck's book The World's Water (1998-1999 edition)

  • Table 1: Total Renewable Freshwater Supply By Country (Guatemala: 116 km3/year in 1970)

  • Table 2: Freshwater Withdrawal by Country and Sector (Guatemala: 0.73 km3 withdrawal, 60 m3/capita, uses 9% for domestic, 2% for industrial, 89% for agricultural purposes)

  • Table 7: Access to Safe Drinking Water in Developing Countries by Region

  • Table 8: Access to Sanitation in Developing Countries by Region

  • Table 16: Desalination Capacity by Country, January 1, 1996

  • Title: Water, Population, and Sanitation in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve of Guatemala
    Resource Type: Report
    Resource Language(s): English    
    Author: Edited by Alex de Sherbinin and Victoria Dompka with Lars Bromley Foreword by Malin Falkenmark
    Abstract: Report of a Workshop October 1996 Montreal, Canada.
    Affiliation: This publication was made possible with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Population-Environment Fellows Program (PEFP) at the University of Michigan


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