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Water is our most vital resource. The growing demands made by an increasing number of people adopting urban lifestyles and Western diets, coupled with a changing and less predictable climate, are putting pressure on the planet's freshwater supply as never before. By 2025, four billion people may be living in conditions of water stress. And, even where water is plentiful, the poor are unlikely to have ready access to a safe, cheap supply.

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Visually ingenious -OXFAM Development Resources Review; An indispensable guide to a vital issue -Scientific and Medical Network Review.

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Maggie Black has written on international issues, including for UNICEF, WaterAid and the Global Water Partnership. Her books include: Water: A Matter of Life and Health (with Rupert Talbot), Water Life Force, The NoNonsense Guides to Water and International Development (New Internationalist), and The Last Taboo: Opening the Door on the Global Sanitation Crisis with Ben Fawcett (Earthscan 2008).

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