... nations. However, in order to best understand and evaluate their approach to water pollution issues they should be compared to countries with common socio-economic characteristics and a similar ... litres in 1980 to 244 litres in 2000, and demand for water is expected to triple during 1995-2030 from 120 to 400 billion tons (Economy, 2006). The combination of skyrocketing demand, population ... articles and reports available online. Data from books, journals, articles, and reports are accordingly cited and quoted. All the material has been selected according to content and relevance to the...