Abstract
The paper presents the results of analysis of present-day scientific data on the dynamics of global hydroclimatic processes (with the establishment of long-term variations in the global water exchange processes) and the features of water abundance in territories under the effect of various natural and anthropogenic factors. Possible transformations of the hydrogeological situation under global climate changes are considered. The basic principles of the concept regarding the assessment of the effect of global hydroclimatic changes on the population health are presented. Medical-environmental data on the consequences of water-triggered environmental crises, taken as analogous natural models, are analyzed. The processes and regularities in the development of human pathology under the conditions of higher and lower water abundance in a territory are identified. The succession, time stages, and phases of the development of infection, parasitic, noninfectious pathologies are determined. Cause-and-effect relationships were established between the observed pathology and the effect of a complex of changing natural, anthropogenic, and social-environmental factors. Methodological approaches to the assessment of medical-environmental consequences of distinct changes in the water abundance in the territories are described. The possible use of subsurface water sources as a reserve of domestic water supply under emergencies are considered.
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