Could ocean water desalination end the fight over water rights to the Colorado River, eliminate the need for new canals and pipelines to bring water to southern California and even allow for the return of stretches of biologically damaged parts of the Sacramento River delta to healthy wetlands?
In its United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted in 2000, the international community made commitments to reduce by half, between 2000 and 2015, the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and to end the irrational use of water resources.
That particular morning, her rigging malfunctioned and in the middle of a stroke, the paddle end of her oar dove deep into the water and the handle end hit her in the stomach.
For these communities, the permanent water supply will offer economic security and end decades of water allocation controversy and contention among neighboring communities.
In recent years, Mr. Skelton says he has worked with a growing number of clients who have purchased large tracts of land, often thousands acres, that don't come with enough water rights, so they end up having to purchase water elsewhere at a serious premium.
The utility said it expects to finish moving the water by the end of June.
The trust that organises the event made the decision because the water at the end of the pier is now too shallow.
The researchers developed the solar cells using natural substrates derived from trees and fabricated them on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) substrates which means the solar cells can be quickly recycled in water at the end of their lifecycle.
Indeed, a calculation Dr Ip performed, based on the volume and composition of the urine he collected in the plastic buckets, and of the head-dunking water at the end of each day, suggested that only 6% of the urea excreted by the turtles was leaving them in the traditional manner, via urine.
But once you get under the trees and in the water, you might end up staying for the adventure.
Mr Jones said added that the water depth at the end of the pier was now less than 12ft.
"Last year these same levels that the Sentinel will look over were under water for months on end, " Mr Heriz-Smith said.
The "detergent" action of soap comes from its ability to attach to oily, grimy surfaces, with the "water-hating" end breaking up molecules at that surface.
Finding Falls: This Alberta, Canada cache, sponsored by Waterton Lakes National Park, involves a relaxing stroll along Cameron Creek with the reward of picturesque white-water falls at the end.
One can draw the analogy with current electricity and running-water systems, where end-users can use services from providers with ease, without being concerned with the technical complexity behind those systems.
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Getting an incandescent bulb to shine any distance in a glass pipe is like trying to pour water into the wrong end of a funnel--you lose so much, it isn't worth it.
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.
But which to them was better than 14 hours a day in a paddy field looking at the wrong end of a water buffalo.
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Joseph McStay owned Earth Inspired Products, a company that built custom water features for high-end commercial businesses around the world, says Mike McStay, his younger brother.
The downtown business district and Coal Harbour are popular for condo dwellers who want killer views across the water, and the Olympics gave construction a boost along Southeast False Creek, the body of water that separates the West End from the West Side.
It can end up in artificial water supply systems, including air conditioning systems, water services and cooling towers.
Water prices should be raised for end-users, and levies and pollution taxes increased.
The Texas National Guard sent a water purification team to the West End.
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Its ability to transport water and pump gasoline would also end.
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Men's doubles tennis reaches its high-water mark at the year-end ATP World Tour Finals in London, where the sport's top players take center stage each day.
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Eventually, I had to restock the clamps and find more rubber, and finally the town began to treat the water, putting a more definitive end to the problem.
They also agreed that poorly executed pricing strategies can be the death knell for retailers, and could end up lowering the water mark for the industry as a whole.
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But if things take another turn for the worse, the big ones could end up back in the water.
The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is located across from the water tower in Topsail Beach (southern end of Topsail Island).
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The end of the deep-water ban was announced earlier this month.
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