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Essential for life, fresh water is one of the basic necessities without which human beings cannot live! Some of its uses include

With a growing population and a drying climate, Australia—like many rich nations—is running out of water. Solutions are not easy nor cheap... and may require cities to tap their sewers Phillips (2006).

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    The Economist, September 12th 2009, pp. 27–29: briefing India’s water crisis.

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    http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/services/grads-gds/gldas

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    http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/data_dir/data.html

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  1. Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph L. Awange (Professor of Environment and Earth Sciences)

  2. Curtin University, Perth, Australia

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph L. Awange (Professor of Environment and Earth Sciences)

  3. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph L. Awange (Professor of Environment and Earth Sciences)

  4. Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph L. Awange (Professor of Environment and Earth Sciences)

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