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Proportion of Municipal Water coming from Groundwater
Today, cities are looking farther beyond their limits for clean water. Many cities rely partially or totally on non-surface water like groundwater. The study of the Natural... -
Proportion of Municipal Water supply from Desalinization Process
Today, cities are looking farther beyond their limits for clean water. Some cities involve desalinization procedures, investing billions of dollars to partially supply clean... -
Forest Protection Practices concerning Sedimentation
To help determine where watershed conservation can help secure water for cities, we estimated the effectiveness of five common conservation strategies: land protection,... -
Grassland Reforestation Practices concerning Sediments
To help determine where watershed conservation can help secure water for cities, we estimated the effectiveness of five common conservation strategies: land protection,... -
Forest Fuel thinning to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire
To help determine where watershed conservation can help secure water for cities, we estimated the effectiveness of five common conservation strategies: land protection,... -
Phosphorus Yield Category
In cases were the watersheds are exploited for intensive agricultural purposes, as consequence the fertilizer concentration increase. Thus, the fertilizer filters into the water... -
Percentage of Other Lands covering Source Watersheds
The use of the land covering the watersheds have an enormous impact in the cost and treatment of the water, as well as for the availability and quality of the water supply.... -
Sediment Yield (tonnes/km2/year)
The land use greatly influence water quality on the one supplied by watersheds. Land use changes often increase significantly the sedimentation and nutrient pollution. Human... -
Sediment Yield by Category
The land use greatly influence water quality on the one supplied by watersheds. Land use changes often increase significantly the sedimentation and nutrient pollution. Human... -
Percentage of Developed Land covering Source Watersheds
The use of the land covering the watersheds have an enormous impact in the cost and treatment of the water, as well as for the availability and quality of the water supply.... -
Percentage of Barren land covering Source Watersheds
The use of the land covering the watersheds have an enormous impact in the cost and treatment of the water, as well as for the availability and quality of the water supply.... -
Urban Source Watersheds
This map shows the source watersheds of 534 cities."Although the 100 largest cities in the world occupy less than 1 percent of our planet’s land area, their source watersheds —... -
Forest Protection Practices concerning Phosphorous
To help determine where watershed conservation can help secure water for cities, we estimated the effectiveness of five common conservation strategies: land protection,... -
Riparian Buffers on Agricultural land concerning Sedimentation
To help determine where watershed conservation can help secure water for cities, we estimated the effectiveness of five common conservation strategies: land protection,... -
Percentage of Forest covering Source Watersheds
The use of the land covering the watersheds have an enormous impact in the cost and treatment of the water, as well as for the availability and quality of the water supply.... -
Withdrawal to available ratio for surface sources (WTA)
Water withdrawals or water abstractions, is the freshwater taken from ground or surface water sources and conveyed to a place of use. These, normally, are sectorial distributed... -
Grassland Reforestation Practices concerning Phosphorous
To help determine where watershed conservation can help secure water for cities, we estimated the effectiveness of five common conservation strategies: land protection,... -
Riparian Buffers on Agricultural land concerning Phosphorous
To help determine where watershed conservation can help secure water for cities, we estimated the effectiveness of five common conservation strategies: land protection,... -
Percentage of Grassland covering Source Watersheds
The use of the land covering the watersheds have an enormous impact in the cost and treatment of the water, as well as for the availability and quality of the water supply.... -
Phosphorus Yield (kg/km2/year)
In cases were the watersheds are exploited for intensive agricultural purposes, as consequence the fertilizer concentration increase. Thus, the fertilizer filters into the water...
