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On The Problems of Assessing The World’s Water Resources

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Geosciences and Water Resources: Environmental Data Modeling

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It is very strange that at the time when global demand for water is growing faster than ever, knowledge of the world’s water resources is declining. How this knowledge has been and is being acquired is described. The systems that provide this knowledge are considered along with the errors involved. Work on reducing these errors, particularly the introduction of total quality management, is discussed. It is concluded that reliable assessment of the world’s water resources is not possible currently.

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  1. Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, UK

    John C. Rodda (Hon. Professor, President of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Formerly Director)

  2. Institute of Earth Studies, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

    John C. Rodda (Hon. Professor, President of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Formerly Director)

  3. Hydrology and Water Resources Department, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

    John C. Rodda (Hon. Professor, President of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Formerly Director)

  4. Institut of Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 0X10 8BB, UK

    John C. Rodda (Hon. Professor, President of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Formerly Director)

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    Jean-Jacques Royer

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Rodda, J.C. (1997). On The Problems of Assessing The World’s Water Resources. In: Bardinet, C., Royer, JJ. (eds) Geosciences and Water Resources: Environmental Data Modeling . Data and Knowledge in a Changing World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60627-4_2

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