Sentences with phrase «growing water demand»

Growing water demand, driven by population growth and foreign land (and water) acquisitions, are straining the Nile's natural limits.

Vahmani and Jones plan to follow up this study by expanding into agriculture as well as investigating strategies for mitigating hot weather and growing water demand.

Not exact matches

With climate change, growing populations, and rising affluence, the demand for water is likely to grow substantially in the years ahead.

«All cities and all businesses require water, yet in many regions, they need more water than is actually available — and that demand is growing,» said Upmanu Lall, director, Columbia Water Cewater, yet in many regions, they need more water than is actually available — and that demand is growing,» said Upmanu Lall, director, Columbia Water Cewater than is actually available — and that demand is growing,» said Upmanu Lall, director, Columbia Water CeWater Center.

But global demand for water has grown sixfold over the past century.

As the world's bandwidth demands continue to grow, billions are spent to put more cable in the water.

For chemists, there's growing demand in the environment and water arena, and workplace safety and health.

This spring, an investor closed on the warehouse for $ 30 per square foot, well below the going rate for the area, and started upgrading the power, water, and ventilation systems in a speculative bet that a new marijuana law would spark a wave of demand from growing operations.

A proposed pipeline would funnel Lake Powell water 140 miles to a growing region of Utah, but opponents question if imported water for the beleaguered Colorado is the best way to meet demand.4 months ago

Bottling and selling drinking water has grown into a big business in India over the last 15 years with steadily rising demand from country's thousands of urban and semi urban centres.

The $ 30m in funding will allow Harmless Harvest to support its growth initiatives including increasing and optimizing its sustainable production capacity in Thailand, as well as raising brand awareness and expanding geographic distribution to meet growing consumer demand for refrigerated premium coconut water.

Elvax ® - based applications also meet growing market demand for halogen - free and plasticizer - free liners in metal crowns used in bottling water and carbonated soft drinks.

Plus, if we actually looked at the ripple effect of ramping up coconut production in the world to meet a growing demand for the oils / milks / waters, I wonder if it would look as miraculous.

Record rainfall and growing concern over the politics of the Murray Darling Basin have not been enough to dent the values and demand for water entitlements in Australia's booming farming regions such as the Murrumbidgee.

Mr Alaix said Australia had the land, water and climate to become a bigger player in meat production in step with the demands of the growing middle class in Asia.

Also remember that peppers grown next to large, water - demanding plants, such as corn, may need extra water.

The National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia recently highlighted that Australia's food and grocery industry is «at a crossroads» as population - driven demand grows faster than food production, pointing to challenges ahead for sustainable development.1 Water is one of the most significant and increasingly scarce resources that producers need to meet this demand.

Though only three - fourths of an inch long, they start confidently downstream to seek a place of their own along the banks and shallows; those which can not find unoccupied growing space swim serenely on into salt water and perish, sacrifices to the need for an uncrowded river and the demands of their luckier brothers and sisters.

The additions are expected to meet the demands of a growing population and will allow the towns to limit or remove summer water restrictions.

«It's good to see New York State acknowledge the growing demand for local, sustainable food,» said Food and Water Watch Northeast Region Director Alex Beauchamp.

Rainfall shifts caused by climate change plus the escalating water demands of a growing world population threaten society's ability to meet its mounting needs.

Growing populations throughout the Great Plains region are also demanding more municipal water from the only available source: the aquifer.

The team has 3 - D printed a prototype, citing a growing demand for materials that can separate oil and water mixtures efficiently in vast bodies of water.

«We have a limited amount of water in this country to use for everything from drinking water to raising livestock, and global population and demand is growing,» said Sandia geochemist Pat Brady.

Nevertheless, the demand side grows fastly with booming population growth and urbanization, while the supply side is more endangered with increasing water scarcity due to global change, limited phosphorus reserves and vast amounts of energy required for nitrogen production.

Addressing water risks Maintaining global food security, feeding growing populations and satisfying the demand of water - intensive diets are all tasks that will require significantly more water for agriculture and food production activities in coming years5.

As demand for green products grew, some producers switched to an aluminium - based material called zeolite A. Zeolites soften water, but can not maintain pH or prevent dirt from resettling on clothes, so a «co-builder» called polycarboxylic acid (PCA) had to be added.

Growing corn continuously under conventional tillage and with high inputs of water and fertilizer may seem outmoded, but this management system is «not uncommon,» as demand for corn grain and crop residues grow, Blanco says.

For example, meeting growing demand by finding a new source of water or by building a new dam in a place like California could cost up to 60 cents per cubic meter of water.

Given the large number of water users, the growing demand for water resources, the variety of stakeholders involved and the increasing intensity of climate change impacts, collective action and shared solutions are needed to alleviate the pressure on the environment, business and communities.

The growing scarcity of freshwater due to rising water demands and a changing climate is increasingly seen as a major risk for the global economy.

Climate change is only increasing the demand for desalinated water as greater evaporation and rising seas further limit freshwater supplies for a growing world population.

«Additionally, mines may become larger, deeper, and more extensive, surface water reservoir impoundments more common, and buildings on larger scales could be built to meet a growing world population and resource demand,» he said.

«As the global demand for clean water continues to grow, it is critical that we develop cost - effective technologies to decontaminate polluted water,» Yin said.

Booming energy sector speculation, combined with rising demands from growing urban centers and diversions to the Southwest, has put pressure on water sources.

That's a growing problem, because in many places, finding water for energy isn't easy - and it's bound to get tougher as energy demands soar and climate change alters hydrological cycles in already arid regions.

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«The challenge for the authorities is to balance society's high expectations for increased economic growth with new and growing demands for clean air, water and food.

Peru's largest cities are on the arid west side of the Andes, and water systems are already insufficient to meet the growing demand spurred by migration.

A growing population and rising incomes have increased demand for fresh water, while a four - year drought has created what Shalom Simhon, the agriculture minister, calls «a deep water crisis.»

Growing global food demand, climate change, and climate policies favoring bioenergy production are expected to increase pressures on water resources around the world.

Nonetheless, with rising sea level and environmental refugeeism compounding the increased demand on water, food, and land of a growing population (albeit one likely to level out mid 21st century), the combined impacts of climate change and global population increase could potentially yield a world that doesn't look that different from the one portrayed in the movie — indeed, as Jim Hansen puts it, «a different planet» — by century's end.

THE BIG PICTURE: LAND UNDER PRESSURE The current pressures on land are huge and expected to continue growing: there is rapidly escalating competition between the demand for land functions that provide food, water, and energy, and those services that support and regulate all life cycles on Earth.

The growing global demand for food and bio-energy, and the recent rises in food prices, slow down progress in reducing poverty, but increase demand for water from the agriculture and energy sectors.

While the demand for water is growing, revenues and profits from water demand does not come without serious investment on the behalf of a water utility.

Elsewhere around the world, specifically emerging markets like China and India, water demand should grow exponentially with a rise in a new middle class.

The demand for water and electricity is growing.

The discovery of iron - rich springs close to the town in the Georgian period enabled Whitby to capitalise upon a growing public demand for bathing in «medicinal» waters, and the town reinvented itself as a spa resort.

To respond to the growing demand for Earth observation data, we will accelerate efforts within the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), which builds on the work of UN specialized agencies and programs, in priority areas, inter alia, climate change and water resources management, by strengthening observation, prediction and data sharing.

The east Mediterranean island faces an unprecedented water crisis which has seen reservoir reserves plunge dangerously low and desalination plants unable to cope with growing demand.