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Developing water supplies for developing countries
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1980.tb04608.x
Subject(s) - developing country , business , water supply , agriculture , hygiene , politics , economic growth , water development , development economics , natural resource economics , political science , economics , water resources , engineering , geography , environmental engineering , medicine , law , ecology , archaeology , pathology , biology
Developing water supply for developing nations means more than just providing water. It also means building institutions, building a nation, and bestowing the myriad benefits that emanate from water hygiene, lower disease rates, as well as the less obvious political fruits of growth, economic development, and agricultural and industrial expansion.