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the big pictureglobal fresh water80WATER Water Stress STRESS Index INDEX (%) (%)6040200CyprusBulgariaMaltaBelgiumSpainGermanyItalyTurkeyPolandFranceDenmarkPortugalCzech RepublicGreeceLithuaniaEstoniaUKNetherlandsSlovaniaHungarySwitzerlandAustriaRomaniaSlovak RepublicIrelandFinlandLuxembourgLatviaSwedenNorwayFigure 1. The Water Stress Index for European countriesCalculations of water stress have been made for Europe.The index shows how much of a country’s renewable fresh wateris being used as a percentage of what is available. At the presenttime half the countries in Europe, representing 70% of Europe’spopulation, are facing water-stress issues.Although calculations have yet to be made elsewhere aroundthe world, the indications are that high water stress existsin many countries in Africa and Asia.Source: E Drioli & F Macedonio, New integrated water treatments andproduction modes for city planning, New Technology for Infrastructure– the World of Tomorrow, ATSE Symposium, Sydney, 2006.REFERENCEs1. P Swanson, Water: the drop of life, NorthWord Press, Minnesota, 2001, p. 9.2. E Drioli & F Macedonio, New integrated water treatments and production modes for city planning,New Technology for Infrastructure – the World of Tomorrow, ATSE Symposium, Sydney, 2006.3. D Connell, Water politics in the Murray-Darling Basin, Federation Press, Annandale, NSW, 2007, p. 2.4. United Nations World Water Development Report, Water for people: water for life, Berghahn Books(in association with the UN), New York, 2003, .5. World Health Organisation, East Timor health sector situation report, WHO Dili Office, 2000.6.US Evironment Protection Authority, Environment Canada and New York State Department ofEnvironmental Conservation, Lakewide management plan for Lake Ontario, 2006.7. United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Surveillance Summary 2001–02, 2004.Some other useful sources• PH Gleick (ed.), Water in crisis: A guide to the world’s fresh water resources, Oxford University Press,New York, 1993.16 Victorian Women’s Trust - Our Water Mark