With rivers flowing weakly, the tide pushed sea-water in, both cutting fish catches and preventing irrigation.
If you watch closely, you can see them from the shores of Istanbul: The sudden flash of a dark grey dorsal fin cutting through the water.
Eager divers watch in wonder as these five to six metre creatures swim stealthily around the shoal in search of breakfast, their distinctive tails cutting silently through the water.
But they must also be asking how Nokia consistently manages to make operating profits of close to 20% while Siemens and Motorola can barely stay above water even after slashing payrolls and cutting costs.
Reducing water use at its buildings, cutting down on non-essential travel and the construction of modern energy efficient stations to replace existing ones have been among suggestions of the ways in which HIFRS could cut CO2 emissions.
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This would create a fluid that, although a gas, would have a similar density and cutting power to that of water.
An ingenious new laser called Waterlase adds to that the ability to cut through dry teeth and bone by casting a cloud of hot water vapor around the laser's cutting point, a couple of millimeters from the tooth.
An easier way to cut calories without cutting portions is to increase the water content of foods that you eat.
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Pay-TV executives argue that people will always find ways of paying for their wares, perhaps by cutting back on cinema tickets or bottled water.
They will also be cutting the ice into blocks to enlarge the water.
Many tributaries running through the forest had dried up due to wide-spread clear-cutting and they said fertilizers were polluting the water.
These had included cutting off some of Singapore's fresh-water supply and withdrawing the large numbers of Malaysian workers from the country.
Drop the peeled bits into a bowl of acidulated water (water into which some lemon juice has been squeezed) immediately after cutting to prevent discoloration.
The Roadmap highlights the need for strong water stewardship, and based on this framework Ceres has developed a cutting-edge tool, the Ceres Aqua Gauge, to help companies and investors improve their scrutiny and management of water risks.
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Every country in the Horn has dozens of cutting-edge programs that tackle education, health care, clean water, transportation, agriculture, and more.
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.
Northumbrian Water, which supplies 4.6 million people in England and Gibraltar, also said it was committed to cutting its leakage levels, and that it had met the targets imposed by Ofwat.
Despite the negative nature of McNulty's report, long term he said he thingsthe company should continue to benefit from its cost-cutting programs, as well as efforts to remove debt from is balance sheet and consolidation in the water treatment industry.
Among the eclectic choices: a computer game that solves scientific problems, a nonprofit co-founded by actor Matt Damon that leverages donor funds to provide microloans to clean water projects and a venture by Japanese technology giant Mitsubishi that makes ships move more efficiently through the ocean, cutting down on CO2 emissions.
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