However, the water flow and quantity influxing to the surrounding areas has been increasingly strong and overwhelming.
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But the hose ban aims to reduce the quantity of water consumed while maintaining a cap on the price.
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The biggest problem with water is not its quantity: it is its distribution.
The fear was that when this quantity of water hit the bottom, it would detach the ice from the bed on which it rested and lubricate its passage to the sea.
The sheer quantity of water gushing under bridges meant the otters could not swim against the rapid current, so they tried to cross the road instead and often got hit by cars.
In doing this, I've got deeply involved in the full process from recycling the water from the clouds, bringing it down, filtering it, using it domestically, in low quantity and with grey water products outpouring from the house that goes straight into the crops that we are growing.
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It is equivalent to the quantity of fresh water proposed to be imported from Turkey and the total annual production capacity of a major seawater desalination plant.
Without the appropriate management of wetlands there is no water of the right quality and quantity, where and when it is needed.
Population growth, urbanisation and climate change are putting stress on the quantity and quality of water supplies, a concern for businesses that rely on water.
Mr Powell works for EC Harris, one of the main firms of quantity surveyors who advise water companies on costs and estimates for price fixing negotiations.
The challenge of the Decade is to focus attention on action-oriented activities and policies that ensure the long-term sustainable management of water resources, in terms of both quantity and quality, and include measures to improve sanitation.
Civilizations are constrained directly by the quality and quantity of available safe drinking and subsistence water.
So the utility rations it by providing water for a limited number of hours a day and, in some places, by restricting the quantity.
On the water front, not only is dirty quality still a big problem in much of Asia, but scarce quantity, too.
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