Banks are especially shy of sectors that have a particularly bad record, such as the construction industry and agriculture.
Industry and agriculture, which both consume huge amounts of water, have a crucial role to play in controlling this water use that their ultimate clients never see.
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Using so-called anaerobic digestion, ExoGen aims to make wastewater treatment for industry and agriculture much more efficient by creating a significant amount of energy throwing off electrons and methane gas during the treatment process that partially offsets the energy required to treat the wastewater.
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Both the textile industry and the agriculture sector have felt the hit.
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In China's "four modernization" programs, launched in the 1970s, defense modernization ranked last, behind industry, agriculture and science and technology.
Steps were then taken to reduce nutrient run-off into the lagoon from industry, agriculture and sewage, and the blooms stopped.
Electric-power generation, transportation, industry, agriculture, and residential sectors all emitted less greenhouse gas in 2009 than in 2008.
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He expects strong growth in the food and agriculture industry, plus the shares have a dividend yield of about 2.2%.
The first minister said the Agriculture Strategy has been widely welcomed by the agriculture industry and local communities as it provides a framework for the way forward.
But Estrada says Laquian will speak on the economy as a member of the new Economic Coordinating Council, which also includes the secretaries of finance, trade and industry, socio-economic planning, agriculture and the budget.
The positive test results were returned in the week the cancelled Royal Welsh Show was due to take place and fears over the future of agriculture and the tourism industry have now intensified.
"Despite the slowdown, the services sector has shown more resilience to worsening external conditions than agriculture and industry, " the ministry's report says.
His previous cabinet experience consisted of a brief stint as minister of agriculture and industry (1998-99) and two years as finance minister (2004-06) in Democratic Party governments.
Intensive development of agriculture and industry may become a reason of deterioration of underground water in various regions in the absence of water-protective measures which can prevent its pollution.
They have pledged to stimulate economic growth by dividing Sri Lanka into five economic regions, each of which will be presided over by an Economic Development Commission which will promote industry, agriculture, trade and tourism.
It is a scenario played out around the world as agriculture, industry, and residential populations all vie for the same resource.
We welcomed the second annual dialogue between ASEAN Agriculture Ministers and food industry leaders in September 2012.
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The 50, 000-strong army has been a pioneer of Cuban capitalism, acquiring interests in agriculture, tourism and industry.
The government knew that Bengal had to invite private industry to compensate for stagnating agriculture growth and a moribund public sector.
In the past, laws and rules in the agriculture industry have allowed DeCoster to operate in the background to hold off the kind of scrutiny he now faces.
Along with mandatory national standards, the Institute of Medicine is recommending voluntary reductions by the food industry and urging government agencies such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revise and update nutrition labels.
"The next two years should see some improvement, with a normal monsoon likely to lift agriculture, and exports, industry and services expected to expand on stronger domestic and external demand, " it said.
More than a quarter of the water that flows through China's seven major river systems and their tributaries is unfit even for industry or agriculture, much less human consumption.
"There's no question that once farmworkers get a green card, many will apply for other jobs and leave agriculture, " said Tom Nassif, president of Western Growers, an industry group that represents California and Arizona growers.
Outside the capital, crops covering an area larger than Portugal have been killed by heat and drought, delivering a blow to an agriculture industry that has rebounded in recent years from a fall of production in the 1990s.
Agriculture is now the island's main industry, and dairy farming is its most competitive business.
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Major activities in the area are agriculture, forest management, sand and gravel extraction, industry (diverse types), and ecotourism.
While some fishermen are transitioning to different jobs in the areas of welding, pipe fitting, and sustainable agriculture, others are focused on restoring the fishing industry.
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Roughly 4.1 million people are directly employed in production agriculture as farmers, ranchers and laborers, but the industry directly or indirectly employs approximately one out of six American workers, including those working in food processing, marketing, shipping and supermarkets.
With the possible exception of agriculture, the energy industry enjoys more outrageous subsidies, market distortions and other forms of disguised aid than any other.
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