Sentences with phrase «scarce water resources in»

Legal battles have already been fought in the US over scarce water resources in regions with nuclear power plants, including the Catawba river basin in the Carolinas and the Apalachicola / Chattahoochee / Flint river basin in Georgia, Florida and Alabama.

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A boost in production can not happen without a substantial increase in water supply, and since Iraq has scarce freshwater resources, processed seawater is the only option.

After careful evaluation, we learned that Hormel Foods does not have manufacturing operations in areas defined as water scarce regions by the World Resource Institute (annual renewable water supply per person < 1,700 cubic meters / person / year).

Water is the most scarce resource in the whole of South - Asia.

QUENCHING SOCIETY»S THIRST Freshwater is becoming a scarce resource in much of the world, including Yemen, where residents get water from a public tap.

The project studies water resources in the Phoenix area with the goal of understanding decisions about scarce water resources and their impacts: How do water managers think about climate uncertainty?

«Domestic animals, wildlife, and people congregate in riparian areas near scarce water resources, impacting these regions.

The Loa River water system of northern Chile's Atacama Desert, in the Antofagasta region, exemplifies the high stakes involved in sustainable management of scarce water resources.

Jatropha, for example, largely grown in East Africa and India to date, has proved to require more water than initially anticipated, a problem in areas where fresh water is a scarce resource.

Dana Kolpin of the US Geological Survey in Iowa City says that the findings highlight the complex issue of antibiotic - resistance genes, which will continue to be of concern as treated effluent becomes more widely used in regions that have scarce water resources.

This leads to greater chances of food crises, particularly in nations where land and water resources are scarce and therefore food security strongly relies on imports.

The study also examined the impact of international exports on water resources, showing that production of international exports in China's top exporting regions also draws on water resources in water - scarce northern provinces.

The study shows that trade between these water - scarce regions tends to draw more sharply on water resources in the less developed, poorer regions.

He is a leading scientist on global water resources, and strategies to build resilience in water scarce regions of the world, with more than 15 years experience from applied water research in tropical regions, and more than 100 research publications in fields ranging from applied land and water management to global sustainability.

Most people would probably agree that there are connections between peace on the one hand and an environment on the other in which scarce resources such as oil, water, minerals or timber are quarrelled over.

The surrounding desert makes water a scarce and vitally important resource, but even this couldn't push the people of Gerudo Town to control or master their spring in any real sense.

Max will need food and water, and both resources will be scarce out in the desert.

In the Southwest, «Drought and increased warming foster wildfires and increased competition for scarce water resources for people and ecosystems.»

WRI: Water is a scarce resource in India, especially in the state of Maharashtra, where most rainfall is limited to the monsoon season from June through September.

Water resources, already over-tapped in many areas, will become even scarcer as a result of increased evaporation and snowmelt caused by higher temperatures, affecting agriculture, hydroelectric power plants, and water availability in growing cities such as Phoenix and Las VWater resources, already over-tapped in many areas, will become even scarcer as a result of increased evaporation and snowmelt caused by higher temperatures, affecting agriculture, hydroelectric power plants, and water availability in growing cities such as Phoenix and Las Vwater availability in growing cities such as Phoenix and Las Vegas.

This is because plants in arid regions already use water more judiciously than in other areas, but increasing CO2 levels also drives them to use scarce water resources more efficiently as well.

With climate change leading to further decreases in already scarce resources like arable land and water, poor populations are going to be pushed further to, or even over, the edge.

These problems have accelerated in recent decades as we've consumed ever more scarce resources, including oil, coal, metals, and water, to create ever more products to live in our homes, work in our business, and accumulate things.

However, traditional wet - cooled CSP plants often consume a large amount of water which especially causes a challenge in arid areas where water resources are scarce.

Part IV: «Climate Change and Water: Rights and Runoff» presents Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Corporate Environmental Management Gary Libecap and Assistant Professor of Hydrology Christina Tague in a discussion about the complexities of managing the ever - increasing demands placed on scarce water resouWater: Rights and Runoff» presents Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Corporate Environmental Management Gary Libecap and Assistant Professor of Hydrology Christina Tague in a discussion about the complexities of managing the ever - increasing demands placed on scarce water resouwater resources.

Major Environmental Issues: Natural fresh water resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; raw sewage and industrial effluents polluting rivers in urban areas; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; serious air pollution in the national capital and urban centers along US - Mexico border.

Thus, energy production and consumption can have a tremendous impact on water availability in arid climates or other areas where freshwater resources are scarce.

With water particularly scarce in many Muslim countries, Islamic environment ministers agreed at a recent conference that «finding a solution was one of the «most important duties of our time»» — something that Arwa Aburawa of Green Prophet says could be achieved by reconnecting to Islamic water - management principles that hold that «every human has a right to clean water to quench their thirst and also that water is precious resource which must not be wasted even during abundance.»

And greater than the impact on winter tourism, the expected variability in precipitation is likely to bring greater conflict for scarcer water resources — after all, the glaciers of Europe provide 40 % of the continent's fresh water.

This is about scarce water resources, desertification and ecological refugees in China.»

The EU has told the UK we have to decrease, drastically our reliance on fossil fuels, they have also interfered with our policies on water supplies, by claiming it will be a scarce resource in our rapidly warming future.

Fresh water is becoming a scarce resource in the United States and across the globe as demand continues to rise due to population and business growth.

World Water Day falls within National Water Week, the awareness campaign by the Department of Water and Sanitation, which emphasises the need for sustainable management of this scarce resource and the role water plays in eradicating poverty and under - development in South AfWater Day falls within National Water Week, the awareness campaign by the Department of Water and Sanitation, which emphasises the need for sustainable management of this scarce resource and the role water plays in eradicating poverty and under - development in South AfWater Week, the awareness campaign by the Department of Water and Sanitation, which emphasises the need for sustainable management of this scarce resource and the role water plays in eradicating poverty and under - development in South AfWater and Sanitation, which emphasises the need for sustainable management of this scarce resource and the role water plays in eradicating poverty and under - development in South Afwater plays in eradicating poverty and under - development in South Africa.