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.
But Democrats were nervous about repaying such a bond out of general taxes in a state careening from one budget deficit to another, whereas Republicans balked at making farmers and water districts pay.
For example, freshwater systems polluted with excess agricultural fertiliser will suffocate with algae, killing off fish and making water unfit for human consumption.
These changes are making water supply and quality more difficult to obtain, affecting runoff and soil moisture, increasing water temperatures, decreasing snowpack and lake and river ice, threatening fish and aquatic species, and allowing saltwater intrusion and sea level rise.
The expected result is significantly reduced stormwater pollution flowing into rivers and other water bodies, making them more usable and attractive for residents, businesses and visitors.
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They have complained for years that pollution from oil sands projects was fouling their drinking water and making the Athabasca River unsafe for swimming and fishing.
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Whereas you can lower the risks of diarrhoeal diseases (which are among the most prevalent) simply by being careful with drinking water and making sure all the food you eat is cooked.
Patten, 21, is no stranger to long distance swimming, having come third in the 10km open water swim and making the final of the 800m freestyle in Beijing.
Among his recommendations: improving protection of catchment areas, implementing a national water policy, replacing the creaky pipes that carry the precious liquid to people's homes, and making wasters pay more for water.
He said that "means worrying about the way in which the drilling takes places, it means worrying about making sure the methane is captured rather than discharged to the air and it means making sure that none of the contaminated water gets into the ground water that sometimes can fill our water supplies".
Other possibilities proposed were the distribution of water filters, and making better use of the region's abundant rainfall.
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It meant reframing people who are making pipes and valves to being in the water business.
We are also making a big push on marine and fresh water conservation.
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Villagers are making desperate appeals for water, food and basic necessities.
Case in point: a scene from the upcoming documentary Gasland, which features a man lighting his faucet water on fire and making the ridiculous claim that natural gas drilling is responsible for the incident.
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In this scheme, water is circulated among the PV panels, making them more efficient by cooling them and then providing the home with hot water.
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To tackle all the problems of waste and dirty water, therefore, politicians must concentrate on making public utilities more efficient, weeding out corruption, and cutting subsidies.
This 8, 000-sq ft home is located a block from the water making it easy for Kim and Kris to enjoy nightly strolls on the beach.
But I will not back down from making sure an oil company can contain the kind of oil spill we saw in the Gulf two years ago. (Applause.) I will not back down from protecting our kids from mercury poisoning, or making sure that our food is safe and our water is clean.
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The windmill was a Medieval European innovation and both wind and water mills were not just used for grinding flour but also fuilling cloth, making leather and driving bellows and trip-hammers.
In a recent report updating findings made in September, Gartner Group singled out Japan and Thailand for making substantial headway in remediating Y2K's possible impact on infrastructure, such as electricity and water supplies.
So while gas is hyped solar, wind, water, geothermal and biomass are making up more of new capacity.
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For them, the key is making sure they get basic needs such as food and water and some kind of return to a routine.
These water-utility and equipment-making outfits are big in places like China.
We've got volunteers who are out here who are making sure that these firefighters have the food and the water and all the resources that they need.
That means more melting ice in the Arctic, dumping fresh water into the salty sea and making a mess of the all-important Gulf jet stream, which makes northern U.S. habitable.
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Yet fruits and vegetables typically have high water content, making long-lasting crispiness a challenge.
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