The region has the highest water bills in the UK, partly because of the cost of keeping the coastal region's sea water clean.
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Agricultural cultivation consumes the largest share of water in the Arab region and is a primary source of water stress.
And most of the water in this region right here is on this private ranch.
It also wants to build new pipelines in Kent and West Sussex to move water around the region.
Of course, the most efficacious solution to living in a water-poor region is simply to move, which is what de Villiers himself did.
Drawn to the land and the people, he became deeply committed to raising awareness of, and funds for, safe water in the region.
The cost of water in the region has risen 40%, according to Brian Whitlark, regional agronomist for the U.S. Golf Association, and fertilizer costs have tripled.
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Then, in a Morning Edition interview, we discuss how disputes over water in the region have been and will continue to be affected by the dwindling supplies.
Syria contends that the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin agreed during lower-level peace talks that stalled in 1996 to return the Golan, a water-rich region that overlooks the upper Jordan River valley.
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With few sources of fresh water in the region, the country has relied on desalinating seawater for domestic use -- a technology that has been essential to the country's growth, according to advocates.
Carry out other activities that may be required to ensure the success of the work team, including contributing to the assessment of the prevailing water situation in the Arab region, within the context of existing UN-Water programmes, primarily the UNESCO led WWAP, and the UN Commission on Sustainable Development.
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Surface water sources, such as reservoirs and rivers, provide about 90% of the region's water supply.
This was partly due to a lower level of infrastructure at the time of privatisation, but also due to the fact the region "has been significantly more burdened by the cost of the Bathing Water Directive than any other region in the country", he told MPs.
It does however serve an important function, in helping the region drain water better.
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Thirty-seven percent of people who lack access to clean water live in that region.
The main purpose of the Compact is to disallow any new diversions of water outside of the region.
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Finally, in Part 4 on Friday, we look at strained water resources in another region of the United States.
Settled Pokomo farmers and semi-nomadic Orma pastoralists have clashed intermittently for years over access to grazing, farmland and water in the coastal region.
From IHP-LAC, we sincerely congratulate Ms. Blanca Jimenez Cisneros on her appointment and we express our commitment to continue working together for the integrated management of water resources in our region.
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During a debate on 8 September, MEPs highlighted severe water shortages in the region, which is historically symbolic for Christians, Jews and Muslims but has been harmed by pollution and exploitation.
"Not only was water active in this region to weather the rocks, but there was enough of it to run through the beds, transport the clays and run into the lake and form the delta, " said Ms Ehlmann.
The workers were constructing a mining operation underground when they were hit by a high-pressure release of grout, said Bronson Mack of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, a cooperative public agency formed in 1991 to manage the water resources in a region that includes Las Vegas.
The results of the conference represent an important contribution to the V World Water Forum (Istanbul, Turkey, March, 2009), and to the consolidation of the region??s water education programs.
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Even relatively water-rich countries of the region, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Bhutan and Papua New Guinea, now face water supply and quality constraints in their major cities because of population growth, growing water consumption, environmental degredation, damaging agricultural activities, poor management of water catchment areas, industrialization, and groundwater overuse.
In Part 3 , we look at how the main water source for most of this region, the Colorado River, has been affected by drought, and how that may affect the water politics in the upcoming decades.
The flood region is a low-lying prairie, and water about thigh-deep spread over a broad region, inundating homes and cars.
How much economic impact will a slower permitting process on shallow-water drilling have in the region?
Without changes in rainfall, the region could face water shortages in the future, the scientists say.
In South Asia, for example, climate change is likely to bring more water to a perennially thirsty region.
But engineers have flushed out a startling solution to the region's water woes.
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