Sentences with phrase «decreasing water demand»
Snover divides the potential adaptation strategies into three categories — increasing water supply, decreasing water demand, and increasing flexibility.
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The TUC says it will vigorously pursue a deal to get government to scrap the Energy Sector Levy and decrease water tariffs — demands government is unwilling to grant.
Decreasing demand The drought in California has become so dire that Gov. Jerry Brown (D) recently announced the first mandatory water restrictions affecting cities and towns in the state's history.
«The rising risk results from decreases in precipitation, based on 16 leading climate models, and increases in water demand, based on current growth trends.
Agricultural Impacts Crop yield may decrease if climate changes As droughts increase, the demand for irrigation water increases putting more stress on already depleted aquifers.
Elevated CO2 also tends to decrease crops water demand.
• «Decreased water availability due to increased temperature and longer periods of time between rainfall events, coupled with an increase in societal demand is very likely to affect many sectors of the Southeast's economy.»
Efforts to offset declining surface water availability due to increasing precipitation variability will be hampered by the fact that groundwater recharge will decrease considerably in some already water - stressed regions (high confidence)[3.2, 3.4.2], where vulnerability is often exacerbated by the rapid increase in population and water demand (very high confidence)[3.5.1].
Several studies focused on the Colorado River basin showed that annual runoff reductions in a warmer western U.S. climate occur through a combination of evapotranspiration increases and precipitation decreases, with the overall reduction in river flow exacerbated by human demands on the water supply.
«The rising risk results from decreases in precipitation, based on 16 leading climate models, and increases in water demand, based on current growth trends.
Altered agricultural conditions, including extreme heat, expanded water demands, and increased severe weather events, will affect food availability and cost, particularly in vulnerable regions in which child undernutrition is already a major threat.43 The decreased protein, iron, and zinc content of certain major crops has been demonstrated for plants grown under increased CO2 conditions, 44,45 carrying significant implications for child nutrition.
Water metering (at a cost of $ 1.8 million) was far cheaper than building new infrastructure to meet «business as usual» demand, because it would decrease water consumption by 30 per Water metering (at a cost of $ 1.8 million) was far cheaper than building new infrastructure to meet «business as usual» demand, because it would decrease water consumption by 30 per water consumption by 30 per cent.