The creaking electrical-supply system is starved of investment to carry out urgently needed repairs, as is the water-supply system.
It is the source of water-supply of agricultural and everyday needs.
The first phase of construction includes early earthwork and concrete foundations for a mill and on-site power plant, expansion of the existing water-supply system, construction and operation of the initial phase of a new tailings facility, and expansion of camp facilities by approximately 6, 600 additional beds for workers.
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And while water may not be getting the C-suite attention it deserves, many more companies are beginning to look at water-related supply chain risks (71%, up from 62% in 2011).
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There are lots of small initiatives, either at the user end -- e.g. turning off stand-by switches, drinking tap water -- or the supply end -- e.g. wind energy, tidal energy.
What you need is a whoosh of water--that's money supply--combined with some Drano--that's fiscal restructuring.
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These had included cutting off some of Singapore's fresh-water supply and withdrawing the large numbers of Malaysian workers from the country.
"Roads, metro-rail, increased water supply, availability of more power - these are the aspects in which the government is taking active steps, " he explains.
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And a project is underway today to create a solar-powered water purification system to supply the needs of 750-1500 people per day.
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In Guernsey, salt can only be used outside the water catchment area because it can contaminate the water supply, so the de-icer CMA needs to be used.
The company said some residents in and around Liverpool city could notice temporary low water pressure or a loss of supply as engineers re-route water supplies to all customers.
The metropolis has grown so big and fast that the once-adequate public water supply now serves less than half of the population.
No Indian city has a 24-hour domestic water supply, though efforts are under way to provide it in Mysore and a few other places.
In most of France, for instance, private franchise-holders supply the water but local authorities maintain the pipes a solution which, if applied to Britain's railways, would have the government owning carriages and engines but not running trains.
However, this year the Namibian department of water affairs announced the discovery of a significant body of underground water - an aquifer dubbed Ohangwena II - that scientists say could supply the north of the country with enough water for centuries.
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But Mr Cheney said it was underground water that mattered most for long-term supply.
The commission will assess the economic feasibility of splitting up Los Angeles, and look into tricky questions such as water supply that need general co-operation.
Their loss and degradation directly intensifies water supply issues and compromises human well-being.
The reason for Al Ain's oasis-like feel is its natural water supply.
Insufficient government investment in water infrastructure has led farmers, middle-class urbanites, and industry alike to use tubewells to supply their own water.
Keyser said the area figures it has about a 60-year supply of crisp, fresh water for its residents.
It is spread through infected faeces and, once it enters the water supply, it is difficult to stop - especially in a country like Haiti which has almost no effective sewage disposal systems.
Nitrogen, methane, helium, water, carbon-oxygen compounds and hydrogen produced from mining, could permit food growth and development of a water supply for lunar inhabitants.
There is no electricity or water supply and the nearest school is a five-kilometre (three miles) walk.
Local residents have expressed concern that the process - known as fracking - could lead to the contamination of the water supply.
China's water supply relative to its 1.3 billion-person population is roughly a fourth the world's average, and the shortage is worse in the north.
Constant devaluations of the ruble, power surges, shortages of sugar and a bad water supply conspired to make this quite an ordeal--"like ten years in purgatory, " he recalls.
On at least two occasions last summer, the Bonneville Power Administration - the federal agency responsible for marketing power from dams in the Pacific Northwest - used water meant to aid migrating juvenile salmon to supply California with hydroelctricity.
When a receiver will generate about 25kW of energy while costing less to make through cheaper mirrors and structures, a fully developed solar array could be an affordable replacement for coal power that delivers greater independence -- picture remote towns that need a fresh water supply.
The rural 5-acre property surrounded by forest has a tenuous water supply from a well.
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