Michael Klein: First of all the notion that private water - water provided by private providers is somehow more expensive than state water provided that in many cases is not true, there are some cases in the world the state owned water companies that are very efficient in many other cases there are private water companies that are very efficient, so once again it's case-by-case.
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The city imports 90 percent of its water from the Colorado River and the state water project.
Despite all of this, the percentage of companies disclosing water information through CDP has stagnated, there has been little increase in the companies citing board level oversight of water and a third of businesses are unable to state whether water poses a risk to their supply chains.
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Chaired by either Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad or Deputy PM Anwar Ibrahim, it would coordinate inter-state water distribution effectively.
He expanded wealth creating infrastructure such as freeways and the State Water Project, which created vast expanses of new, highly fertile farmland.
The legislation would remove what had been seen as a barrier for drillers wanting to use coal mine water: the state's Clean Streams Law.
Some states are leading the way in preparing for water-related impacts with integrated and comprehensive preparedness plans that address all relevant water sectors and state agencies.
In fact, people have been drinking such water in other parts of the state, and similar water reclamation programs are also under way in Virginia, Texas and Florida.
Given these limits, moving water around the state makes sense.
He says that his party's campaign will take up issues such as the shortages of electricity and drinking water in the state, and adds that the main theme of the election is the caste of the candidate, rather than the communal divide.
The rain and river water in the city state's reservoirs is being mixed with recycled waste-water from air-conditioners, sinks and toilets.
Every state in the nation held preliminary contests to pick the best water from a rural water system in their state.
California's Department of Water Resources says it would like ocean water desalination to add 500, 000 acre-feet a year of water to the Golden State's supplies, a modest amount compared with California's overall water consumption.
Kentucky is said to have more miles of navigable water than any other state in the lower 48, so there is certainly no shortage of adventure opportunities for water enthusiasts.
Already in the planning stages: a 37-km tunnel to channel water from the Benus river in water-rich Pahang state to drought-stricken Selangor state, and a pipe to link the Gombak river in KL to the Wangsa Maju water treatment plant.
His priorities include protecting Colorado's water, improving the state's rural economy and providing affordable access to health care.
Mr Scott testified in a hearing before Wyoming's water authority, the state board of control, that he had been irrigating all along.
Despite advances in efficient toilets and faucets, residential water use in the state remains where it was in 1972, at 220 gallons per person per day.
One place where Western oil companies have found open doors is in deep-water exploration, because state-backed oil companies in Russia, China and the Middle East have little experience drilling these tricky wells.
Given the right kind of atmosphere, it is therefore reasonable to speculate, says the team, that they might be able to sustain water in a liquid state - a generally accepted precondition for life.
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In 1999 Texas authorised a colonias initiative to co-ordinate state efforts to improve transport, housing, health and water, and hundreds of millions of state dollars have been allocated for the work over the past decade.
John Sullivan of the Boston Water and Sewer Commission testified that since September 11 the nation's drinking water utilities have been on a heightened state of alert to protect against the potential disruption of water service and biological or chemical contamination of drinking water.
But the state that lost water, whichever it was, would inevitably block a new deal.
The aquifer provides drinking water for much of the state and is important for Nebraska's agricultural economy.
Yet the state still gives water away free to farmers, who grow such thirsty crops as sugar cane.
The United States has sent 71 satellite phones, plastic sheeting and two mobile water treatment units, the State Department said.
Agriculture uses more than 80% of the state's water, though it accounts for less than a tenth of the economy.
It sounds great in theory: using human ingenuity to make fresh water for the most parched state from the world's biggest ocean.
An aquifer in Nebraska provides drinking water for much of the state.
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