The flotilla will feature 20, 000 people on the water, travel under 14 bridges and take 90 minutes to pass any given point.
This includes testing the idea that people respond positively to the way light plays on the water, or the sounds of the sea.
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More people have put increased strain on the islands' water supply, sewerage and waste disposal, not to mention its fragile wildlife.
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Even on the East Coast, people over-water, over-weed and over-fertilize their lawns in an (inevitably) futile struggle to achieve a perfect, dandelion-free bit of green.
In the rush among people from the region to stock up on bottled water, tissue and other items, however, total sales in that period actually rose by 20 per cent.
But lawn-care madness is not just a problem confined to the drought-prone western half of the U. S. Even on the East Coast, people over-water, over-weed and over-fertilize their lawns in an (inevitably) futile struggle to achieve a perfect, dandelion-free bit of green.
Let me take you on a quick tour around the world and introduce you to just a few of the people and places Circle of Blue is finding on the front lines of a global water crisis.
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The government is issuing warnings on radio and TV, reminding people to drink enough water and stay out of the sun, the BBC's Caroline Wyatt reports from Paris.
There is the best land based whale watching anywhere, and plenty of opportunities to get out on the water, including diving with Great White sharks, something people come from all around the world to do and can easily be done as a day activity in Cape Town (though cage diving remains controversial).
The level of concentration in water had a "negligible effect" on people's uptake of the fluoride ion - responsible for increased risk of fractures, they said.
One in six people on the planet do not have access to clean water.
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One problem with urban kayaking is that the people running the tours are often the only ones in the group with any real experience on the water.
Brighton West's remains may be incorporated into a gigantic viewing tower, the i360, in which people will rise in the air, on a vertical pier, rather than walk on water.
While much of the Rio agenda focuses on the developing world and people's rights to water, food, energy, education, health and so on, there are implications for rich Western countries as well.
"But, ' adds Mel Reasoner, Director of the Mountain Research Initiative, "in many arid and semi-arid areas, people are dependent not only on the amount of glacier melt water, but on the timing of the water flow.
Many people across the region will mark the anniversary with prayers, a moment of silence, sprinkling water on mass graves in Indonesia and offering food to monks in Thailand, among other memorials as people in the region try to move forward.
On the way into town from the lakeside border crossing with Rwanda, hundreds more people have gathered at a water distribution point.
More research is to be carried out into the possible effects of the Camelford water poisoning incident on young people and then unborn babies, an MP has been told.
Mr. ANGEL ALOMA (Executive Director, Food for the Poor): We heard reports that there were - had been people sitting on the rooftops for 36 hours without any food or any water.
Smugglers then removed much of the food and water on board to cram more people in.
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Building on its relationships throughout the developing world, Water for People partnered with Akvo to develop an Internet-based system for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data on water and sanitation projects.
There are others that continue to -- through both their personal actions and the actions of their exceedingly large group of well-paid lobbyists that continue, as you heard Neal talk about, continue to try to water down reform on behalf of the American people.
Five people were cut off on Sully Island and four got back to the mainland through water on the causeway.
There are 6.9 billion people on the planet, and about half of them have no access to fresh water on a daily basis.
The council said it also wanted to develop sporting action plans for sport across the city, focusing on young people, as well as promoting Olympic water sports in schools.
The quake triggered some landslides, stranded people on overnight trains, cut off water supplies and shut down some expressways.
So on the song "Many Things, " Kuti sings about people who have no water to drink and nowhere to live.
In November the government announced an affordability study assessing the benefits available and the effect of switching to water meters, which could help people on low incomes.
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Eradicating the painful worm depends on getting access to clean water and changing people's behavior.
"Water levels on the river are not something that we ordinary people can do anything about, " says Zhang Jun.
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