Sentences with phrase «finite supplies of water»

Without policies to allocate finite supplies of water more efficiently, control the burgeoning demand for water and reduce wastage, water stress will intensify where water is already scarce and spread to regions of the world — with impacts on economic growth and the development of water - stressed nations.»

Hundreds of thousands of settlers turned into tens of millions of people still dividing the same finite supply of water, one that was stretched thin from the very start.

Not exact matches

I'm talking about «usable» water — «The Earth has a finite supply of fresh water, stored in aquifers, surface waters and the atmosphere.

And we've got a finite supply — only a fraction of the water on our planet is drinkable.

Students study the effects of pollution on Earth's finite water supply.

Augment the Renewable Energy Guidelines by, for instance, requiring wind energy developers to comply with more rigorous criteria including scientific research on setback allowances, noise, wind velocity, human health issues, property values, agricultural animal productivity and welfare, air traffic flight paths (commercial passenger and cargo plus light aircraft including air ambulance), environmental and ecological impact, health and safety issues for domestic animals, longterm adverse effect of cement pedestals on ground water, depletion of finite local aggregate supply and induced seismic activity on faults.

However our supplies of fresh water, like other resources, are finite and under threat.