A Snapshot of the World’s Water Quality: Towards a Global Assessment - Executive Summaries

United Nations Environment Programme

A Snapshot of the World’s Water Quality: Towards a Global Assessment - Executive Summaries

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organization	Science Division
dc.coverage.spatial	Africa
dc.coverage.spatial	Asia
dc.coverage.spatial	Latin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-12T10:27:55Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-12T10:27:55Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.description	People and ecosystems require both an adequate quantity of water as well as an adequate quality of water. Therefore, it is urgent to assess where water quality is inadequate or under threat and to incorporate the need for good water quality into the concept of water security. This report focuses on water quality and its relation to development objectives such as health, food security and water security. To make this connection, the report reviews important water quality problems in surface waters including pathogen pollution, organic pollution, salinity pollution and eutrophication. The focus is on three continents: Latin America, Africa, and Asia.	en
dc.format	pdf
dc.identifier.isbn	978-92-807-3555-0
dc.identifier.other	DEW/1975/NA
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32729
dc.language	English
dc.language	Arabic
dc.language	Chinese
dc.language	French
dc.language	Russian
dc.language	Spanish
dc.page.number	11 pages
dc.relation.ispartof	A Snapshot of the World’s Water Quality: Towards a Global Assessment
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	water quality management
dc.subject	water quality
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
dc.title	A Snapshot of the World’s Water Quality: Towards a Global Assessment - Executive Summaries	en
dc.type	Policy brief