Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter one: Peak Water

Chapter two: Business Reporting on Water

Chapter three: Water Management in a Changing Climate

Chapter four: Millennium Development Goals: Charting Progress and the Way Forward

Chapter five: China and Water

Chapter six: Urban Water-Use Efficiencies: Lessons from United States Cities

WATER BRIEFS

One: Tampa Bay Desalination Plant: An Update

Two: Past and Future of the Salton Sea

Three: Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China

Four: Water Conflict Chronology

DATA SECTION

Data Table 1: Total Renewable Freshwater Supply, by Country

Data Table 2: Freshwater Withdrawal by Country and Sector

Data Table 3: Access to Safe Drinking Water by Country, 1970 to 2004

Data Table 4: Access to Sanitation by Country, 1970 to 2004

Data Table 5: MDG Progress on Access to Safe Drinking Water by Region

Data Table 6: MDG Progress on Access to Sanitation by Region

Data Table 7: United States Dams and Dam Safety Data, 2006

Data Table 8: Dams Removed or Decommissioned in the United States, 1912 to Present

Data Table 9: Dams Removed or Decommissioned in the United States, 1912 to Present, by Year and State

Data Table 10: United States Dams by Primary Purposes

Data Table 11: United States Dams by Owner

Data Table 12: African Dams

Data Table 13: Under-5 Mortality Rate by Cause and Country, 2000

Data Table 14: International River Basins of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America

Data Table 15: OECD Water Tariffs

Data Table 16: Non-OECD Water Tariffs

Data Table 17: Fraction of Arable Land that Is Irrigated, by Country

Data Table 18: Area Equipped for Irrigation, by Country

Data Table 19: Water Content of Things

Data Table 20: Top Environmental Concerns of the American Public: Selected Years, 1997–2008

WATER UNITS, DATA CONVERSIONS, AND CONSTANTS

COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 1: The World’s Water 1998–1999: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

Volume 2: The World’s Water 2000–2001: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

Volume 3: The World’s Water 2002–2003: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

Volume 4: The World’s Water 2004–2005: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

Volume 5: The World’s Water 2006–2007: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

COMPREHENSIVE INDEX