Sentences with phrase «increase of water supplies»

In the short run, the melting is producing an increase of water supplies and feeding population growth in major cities of the Andes, the experts said.

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«The dilemma,» Holmes says, «is how do you improve the sustainability of water supply to increase food security and food production as we go out into the future?»

That means making sure prices cover not only the direct costs of supplying energy but also the environmental externalities associated with production and use of fossil fuels — the waste water (which increases a variety of risks), and the broader side effects from vehicle use — congested roads, traffic deaths, and so on.

Moreover, a levee failure could allow saltwater to mix with the Delta's freshwater, increasing the salinity levels of water supplies and harming the local aquatic ecosystems.

California's water supply levels were bolstered in March but still sit below normal, after several late winter storms increased snowpack and reservoir levels, according to the California Department of Water Resouwater supply levels were bolstered in March but still sit below normal, after several late winter storms increased snowpack and reservoir levels, according to the California Department of Water ResouWater Resources.

Like many other parts of the world, Israel has a critical need to increase fresh water supplies.

The U.S. can do something to alleviate this problem and, in the process, better prepare itself and the rest of the world to deal with their own water shortages: it can offer to finance a series of large desalination plants to greatly increase the supply of water in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.

However — aside from the fact that, according to the World Health Organization, 80 per cent of all disease in the world is related to water supplies and that some diseases are significantly increased by irrigation — the technology of irrigation is itself a tricky business.

This seems to be because of the increased supplies of water farming brings with it.

(kellymom.com) Also, according to the World Health Organization, «a modest increase in breastfeeding rates could prevent up to 10 % of all deaths of children under five,» due, in part, to tainted water supplies, but also due to the immunity factors.

Our goal is to «rehydrate the landscape» by increasing the amount of rainfall that is absorbed into the ground to recharge water supplies and feed headwater streams.»

Drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day has shown to help milk supply volume while increasing energy.

I have found this massively increased my supply and has maintained as long as I'm drinking lots of water.

What is important is a healthy diet, a lot of water and finding the right nursing tea, mine was delicious and did increase my milk supply, I found it after trying a couple of bitter herbal drink that I wasn't able to drink, it's called Healthy Nursing tea by Secrets Of Teof water and finding the right nursing tea, mine was delicious and did increase my milk supply, I found it after trying a couple of bitter herbal drink that I wasn't able to drink, it's called Healthy Nursing tea by Secrets Of Teof bitter herbal drink that I wasn't able to drink, it's called Healthy Nursing tea by Secrets Of TeOf Tea.

It is expected that with the implementation of PEWASH, we hope to attain our targets of increased rural water supply and sanitation and health as well as make positive impact on economic growth and human development.»

The increase in demand for electricity, reduction in the quantity of water at the Akosombo Dam, irregular gas supply from the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company in Nigeria, irregular maintenance programmes and late procurement of crude oil to power generation plants, have conspired to plunge the country in the current power crisis.

As part of the project, a - 3.3 million gallons of water per day treatment plant was built to increase supply to the Accra - Tema Metropolitan Area (ATMA rurals).

United Water itself continues to maintain that continued increases in construction, as well as upcoming and long - term projects such as the Bloomberg data center in Orangeburg, the new Tappan Zee Bridge and potential development for the grounds of the former Letchworth Village are likely to surpass the small supply drop seen during the recession.

The treatment plant, when completed, would extend water supply to four districts of the region to address perennial water shortage, and increase accessibility of water to rural communities.

«Governor Cuomo and Commissioner Joseph Martens deserve an enormous amount of credit for protecting the unfiltered drinking water supplies of more than nine million New Yorkers, while increasing our ability to harness the benefits of New York's natural gas resources,» he said in a statement.

A lecturer at the University of Ghana has called on the government to implement its flagship «one village, one dam» project to enable farmers to ensure year - long supply of water to their farms, even in the dry season, thereby increasing their yield.

Finally, we should invest in developing technologies like desalinization and other filtering processes capable of cost - effectively increasing our fresh water supply.

On Thursday, the House passed a H.R. 700 setting up a pilot program to increase usable water supplies through water conservation and reuse of wastewater, an approach that is crucial in the arid West and Southwest.

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.

The muddying of coastal waters by climate change could drastically increase levels of neurotoxic mercury in sea life, contaminating food supplies.

The initiative allowed stakeholders at all levels of the food supply chain to exchange ideas and increase awareness of water as a scarce resource12.

The researchers separate six key strategy areas for reducing water stress into «hard path» measures, involving building more reservoirs and increasing desalination efforts of sea water, and «soft path» measures that focus on reducing water demand rather than increasing water supply thanks to community - scale efforts and decision - making, combining efficient technology and environmental protection.

But land, water and fertilisers are already in short supply in many areas, and expansion of agricultural land will put further pressure on biodiversity, increase greenhouse gas emissions, and perhaps bring us closer to ecological tipping points that could strain the global life - support systems upon which agriculture itself depends.

The «controlled watering deficit,» which is what this technique is called, consists of reducing watering as much as possible during the most resistant phase of cultivation and to increase the supply of water at the start of the phase of cultivation that is most sensitive to stress.

The increased salinity of the remaining waters killed off a once abundant supply of sturgeon and carp and contaminated the groundwater.

The study assesses the food supply available to more than 140 nations (with populations greater than 1 million) and demonstrates that food security is becoming increasingly susceptible to perturbations in demographic growth, as humanity places increasing pressure on use of limited land and water resources.

It also showed the potential for putting existing water supplies on a roller coaster, with a several - inch increase expected in rainfall in some years compared to the annual average, as well as some years of decrease over the same period.

Increasing flexibility Water in the West is governed through archaic systems of rights, in which senior rights holders get first dibs on water supplies, which they lose to junior rights holders if they don't use them alWater in the West is governed through archaic systems of rights, in which senior rights holders get first dibs on water supplies, which they lose to junior rights holders if they don't use them alwater supplies, which they lose to junior rights holders if they don't use them all up.

In its 2013 Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study, the Bureau of Reclamation projected that the region's population is expected to increase from about 40 million in 2015 to between 49.3 million and 76.5 million by 2060.

Increasing water supply Water managers are looking to replace the projected losses of snowpacks, which serve as natural reservoirs, with new and expanded ways of storing wwater supply Water managers are looking to replace the projected losses of snowpacks, which serve as natural reservoirs, with new and expanded ways of storing wWater managers are looking to replace the projected losses of snowpacks, which serve as natural reservoirs, with new and expanded ways of storing waterwater.

The project therefore represents one of the most plausible approaches to enhancing crop yield and increasing resilience in the face of reduced land area, decreased use of fertilizers and less predictable supplies of water.

«By the end of this century, as the climate warms, the rising demand for irrigation water and increased variability of the water supply may lead to regions with a severe shortage of water for irrigation,» said corresponding author Dr. Maoyi Huang, a climate modeler at PNNL.

The Water chapter describes the basic hydrology of irrigation water supply, but superimposed on that are combined effects of increasing temperatures and dynamic cropping conditWater chapter describes the basic hydrology of irrigation water supply, but superimposed on that are combined effects of increasing temperatures and dynamic cropping conditwater supply, but superimposed on that are combined effects of increasing temperatures and dynamic cropping conditions.

Angelenos could lower the city's greenhouse gas emissions from water supplies by up to 70 percent by reducing the use of imported water and increasing conservation rates, the study found.

Caribbean Island of Eleuthera to Increase Supply of Drinking Water with GE's Desalination Technology

«The key for Los Angeles to potentially reach water independence would be to simultaneously increase local water supply while bringing down local demand for water,» said Katie Mika, a postdoctoral scholar at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and one of the study's lead researchers.

This is a topic I highly encourage women to research themselves as the increasing presence of these chemicals in the water supply is leading to problems in animal life and even in children.

Yes, consuming rice in Bangladesh would likely increase one's risk of Arsenic poisoning as well as cancer, but that's because the water supply contained toxic levels of Asi, not because of the rice.

What is your take on the increasing amount of pharmaceuticals, especially female hormones entering our water supply?

The toxins that get into fish from polluted waters are also making their way into the rest of our food supply, increasing the damage that it does to human detoxification pathways.

This issue has increased in prevalence in recent years due to the saturation of xenoestrogens (man - made oestrogens) in our environment — from the plastics of water bottles, carpet fibres, medication, body wash, beer, pesticides, the water supply and hormones in food.

Fluoride causes many, many side effects, weakening bones and increasing your chance of developing osteoporosis and cancer, yet it's added to almost every municipal water supply in the country.

The increasing competition for water, the dwindling supply, pollution, and the effects of climate change are examined in Running Dry: The Global Water Crisis, by Stuart A. Kawater, the dwindling supply, pollution, and the effects of climate change are examined in Running Dry: The Global Water Crisis, by Stuart A. KaWater Crisis, by Stuart A. Kallen.

Higher prices for ice, bottled water, roof repairs, generators, and motel rooms have the advantage, Sowell argued, of limiting the use of such things by consumers and increasing incentives for suppliers in far - off places to provide the goods and services most needed in the hurricane's aftermath.

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