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It finds the expanding bottled water industry – expected to grow to US$500 billion a year in sales by 2030 – isn't aligned with the U.N.'s 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
Trapped sediment robs dams of storage capacity. Storage loss by 2050 will equal the combined yearly water use of Canada, China, France, India and Indonesia, says a U.N. University report.
Most of the world's population by mid-century will face risks living downstream from tens of thousands of aging concrete dams, says a U.N. University report.
A big problem, the organizations say, is that collection and recycling programs don't keep pace with the rising pollution.
