But the worldwide infrastructure for treating, distributing and disposing of water is outdated at best.
One is outdated standards, says Wong Tze-wai of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Transgender individuals and their advocates say the city's conception of sex is outdated and inappropriately narrow.
Tim Westergren, Pandora Internet radio's founder and chief strategy officer, says the current system is outdated and unfair.
But the Russians say it is outdated and restricts their ability to move troops around their own territory.
What happens to the gadgets early adopters buy that never catch on, or when that first generation technology is outdated?
And these reports confirm what any American can already tell you: our infrastructure is woefully inefficient and it is outdated.
Happily, Mr Osborne's view of Latin America is outdated, or at least it now applies in only a few places.
Attorneys for Shelby County argued that the pre-clearance requirement is outdated in a state where one-fourth of the Legislature is black.
But the infrastructure to deliver all of this video is outdated, according to Alon Maor, co-founder and CEO of start-up Qwilt.
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Village fire officials say their current firehouse is outdated and too small.
When an offshore oil rig is outdated, or can no longer cost-effectively pump oil, most countries require that the oil rigs be wholly decommissioned.
Second, the delivery method is outdated and the extra hardware, including a special antenna, and design requirements increase production costs for little return in value.
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But in a recent interview, Khaled Meshal, the head of Hamas, implied that the organization's charter, calling for the destruction of Israel, is outdated.
The old system, he said, is outdated, doesn't use all of the sky and directs planes to fly farther and longer than they need to.
But executives from industry associations dispute those charges, claiming that the data being used is outdated and attacking the methodology used to draw those conclusions.
"George proves that how we view age is outdated, " says Shoven.
The technology is outdated now that carriers offer wireless Internet services.
Those in favor of a chained CPI argue that the current index, which considers the spending habits of urban wage earners and clerical workers, is outdated.
And he's trying to get the magazine biz to adopt new audience measurement metrics, arguing that the guaranteed rate base based on paid circulation is outdated.
More than half of people using the service only pay others without expecting to get paid on Flattr, which suggests that our give to get rule is outdated.
Anyway, the idea of spectrum-based regulation of telecom is outdated.
Our current corporate tax system is outdated, unfair, and inefficient.
The current sales tax system is outdated, complicated and flawed.
The formula is outdated and needs to be updated.
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If the regulation is outdated, it should be scrapped.
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Memorizing historical events and multiplication tables is outdated.
The structure of the holding company is outdated.
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The bridge was not classified as structurally deficient, but a Federal Highway Administration database lists it as being "functionally obsolete" a category meaning that the design is outdated, such as having narrow shoulders and low clearance underneath.
To Mr Archer, it is obvious that the current test is "outdated, with lax procedures".
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