The passion surrounding debates about water only reflects the inability of many to put into practice the commitments to which they have officially subscribed.
Today everyone in the city, including in the slums, has access to potable water, only 7% of the water is "lost" (comparatively, in London 28% of the water is not metered or billed for) and the public utility is making money.
Only 18% of the population have piped water and only 2.5% are connected to a sewerage system.
The Government of Kenya, which is hosting the meeting, said that while the country is still considered a water-scarce country with only water per capita of about 647m3 per year, studies are showing that Kenya has up to 60 billion cubic metres of groundwater potential that needs to be located.
Parts of Maharashtra are getting water supply only once a week, Mr Pawar said.
It is also crucial in a place like Malaysia where water is only occasionally scarce.
We can connect your plants to the Internet and let you water them only when you need to.
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Suzie hardly stirred the water, only turning her head to look at him.
We need clean water not only to sustain ourselves, but also for other basic necessities such as farming and sanitation.
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Even Dr Goldstein concedes that, with all the uncertainties involved, the chance of unambiguously detecting water is only around 10%.
On a recent visit, two boys discarded their clothes in sloppy piles and leapt into the water clad only in underwear.
But water companies needed to invest in the sewer network to ensure untreated waste water was only released in urgent cases.
Likewise, in 153 samples of drinking water, only 36 had any radioactivity.
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The water contains only the minimal amount of chlorine required by law.
And the demand for water is only increasing dramatically as the global population grows and much of the developing world becomes more industrialized.
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Historically, water has been cheap and mostly plentiful to Californians, who use water not only from rivers within the state but also from the Colorado River.
In statements read at the hearing on Monday witnesses described the "roar" of the river, and how it was cascading over a weir where normally the water was only a few inches deep.
"They said they had carried food and water for only one month and they had been in the sea for two months after the ship engine stalled, " police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody told the Reuters news agency.
It was revealed that the radius and contact angle of the legs mainly accounted for the large supporting force, ensuring that the robotic water strider not only stood but also walked on the water surface.
In arid regions, in places feeling a need for the lack of water, underground water resources are often the only source of fresh water.
Paget says Belu -- derived from the word blue and the Italian word for beautiful, "bella" -- takes a three-pronged approach to its clean water projects, by not only providing a clean water source for drinking but water for washing hands and education about the importance of hygiene.
China is responding to its water problems in only ways a determined nation can.
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And they are an exceptionally clean power source, producing only water vapor as waste.
Hydrogen has a high energy density and is clean - burning to leave only water vapour.
Both began a hunger strike in November taking in only water and refusing food supplements.
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Fuel cell electric vehicles generate their power from hydrogen and oxygen, and emit only water.
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The islands natural surface and ground-water resources can only cover about 10% of the demand at present.
For most of his strike, he has been taking only water as well as vitamins, minerals and sugars.
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