In Part 1 , airing on Tuesday, Howard Berkes reports on a plan developed by water officials in southern Nevada to build a 300-mile pipeline to bring water from rural Nevada to Las Vegas.
Thus, India's Shree Cement, which has long suffered from water shortages, developed the world's most water-efficient method for making cement, in part by using air-cooling rather than water-cooling.
This session aims to explore on how a new paradigm towards an adaptive management can be developed to address water security issues.
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As a part of the project, a manual on water education was developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Ministry of Environment and the Jordan National Commission for Education, Culture and Science.
Mr. DANIEL: Once the movement started and the water pressures developed, there was enough force then just to cause an entire block to slide tens of feet and to breach the levee.
The Global Water Experiment was developed by IUPAC and UNESCO, it includes a set of experiments (acidity, salinity, filtration, distillation) for pupils of different ages to analyze the quality of water and learn how to treat their local water sources.
Its versatile go-anywhere shape is wrapped in a specially developed acoustic skin that is both water and stain resistant so you can enjoy your music anywhere you go.
TOHL, which stands for Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics, has developed a simple method to deliver fresh water for emergency relief: install a really long plastic tube with a helicopter.
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Most of the recent deals have been in developed countries where privatization has opened up the water sector.
My village is rather well developed, we have gas, electricity, water.
That will illustrate for scientists how the crystals in the rock developed, and may provide a clue as to whether water played a role in that development.
If the billion poorest people are to have adequate access to food, water and energy, the academies say, developed countries will have to reduce their own consumption of natural resources.
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Scientists have developed a new way of growing roses using 80% less water.
The company developed GAIA to evaluate the effect of its product ingredients on water and identify any potential for toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulation.
Across the Bosporus, on the city's less-developed Asian side, the sleek Sumahan--on the Water is like a vacation in the country, away from the European side's frenzy and traffic.
Earlier this month, researchers at a federal laboratory in Colorado announced they developed a one-step process that uses solar power to convert water into hydrogen.
Vollmer began working closely with Milt Nelms, the so-called Water Whisperer, whose zen approach to the sport has developed a cult following, especially among Australians.
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Donor countries should increase the volume of aid flows going to water and sanitation programs and target it to the least developed countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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The Roadmap highlights the need for strong water stewardship, and based on this framework Ceres has developed a cutting-edge tool, the Ceres Aqua Gauge, to help companies and investors improve their scrutiny and management of water risks.
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Goldman Sachs predicts a 10% to 15% expansion in developing countries' water sectors and only 4% to 6% in the developed world.
Kohler, the Wisconsin-based maker of high-end bathroom fixtures, has developed its own range of home-whirlpool designs that offer a multitude of water experiences.
Researchers at the Oregon State University have developed a new kind of microbial fuel cell that produces electricity as it cleans water.
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At least, in the developed world having an internet connection is basically like having heat and electricity and running water.
Project developed housing and electronics for the experiment to make sure the instruments could endure boiling water and still transmit data.
The Global Chemistry Experiment is a set of experiments developed by IUPAC and UNESCO for pupils of different ages to analyze the quality of water and learn how to treat their local water sources.
To solve this problem, the researchers at the Max Planck Institute developed a technique using a fluorescent dye to make the spinal cord transparent, replacing the water that is normally there.
Finally, Declan looked at the BMW Hydrogen 7 - its only emission is water vapour but the technology for this type of green car is still being developed and currently, there are no models on sale.
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In the 1960s, realizing that only livestock could reverse desertification, I developed a consistently successful grazing planning process that mimics nature using livestock so that both carbon and water move from atmosphere to soil and soil life is more able to break down methane.
Unifi, for example, developed its own brand of yarn called REPREVE, which is made from industrial waste and clear plastic water bottles, and is used primarily by apparel manufacturers.
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The ways to accommodate such growth in an already dense and developed city inherently tend to be green: improving public transport, redeveloping brownfields, making infrastructure and water supply more reliable and efficient.
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