The next step on the water is polishing which brings the waste water to a usable water for irrigation.
For most banks, it will be a phase change, a shift as fundamental as the shift from ice to water, or from water to steam.
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An approach to integrated catchment management by building a framework for water law and policy experts, water resource managers and water scientists to work together on water-related problems.
The Water Resources (Scotland) Bill includes plans to extend Scottish Water's functions, to enable water shortage orders to be made and to protect the public sewerage network from harm.
Because Roman fountains traditionally provided water, as well as glorified their patrons, it was a perfect gesture to make this grand source of water a homage to water's own sources.
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Water quality issues also create risk for companies, from stricter pollution standards on their own effluent to other entities polluting water upstream, requiring them to clean up water prior to use.
Customers of seven companies covering the South East - including Southern Water, Thames Water, South East Water, Mid Kent Water and Folkestone and Dover Water - have been urged to use water sparingly.
Managing director and Belu co-founder Reed Paget, a former documentary maker, told CNN the idea behind the business was to use water to create water in areas where it was not widely available.
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.
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?
The interview, conducted by Mr. Bert Diphoorn, UN-Water vice chair, shed light on international water strategy and policy and the effectiveness of collaboration to achieve water sustainability and to meet global demand for potable water, as well as on the role of the water-food-energy nexus in sustainable growth.
Other laws enable you to drain your land of water or to get water onto your land.
The pilot project will include about 10, 000 households, and these residents could create an online account to not only view their reports but also browse rebates offered by the water district to buy water-efficient household items such as clothes washers and toilets or to change the landscaping of their lawns to use drought-resistant, native plants.
These bags have been tested in the past, and even used for a time to tow bulk water through the Mediterranean to water-short areas.
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To convince nine nearby water districts to sign 30-year contracts to take Poseidon's water, Maloni had to promise to never charge them more than the going price of imported water.
"When we lost telephone service and radio communication, some officers were stranded on their rooftops for four to five days, stranded in areas around the water due to rising water or displaced into other units or divisions, " Riley said.
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On 23 December, the government granted a drought order to South East Water to help it protect Ardingly reservoir in Sussex after water levels dropped to 12% by the end of November.
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But what has not been clear before is whether the common ancestor was, like the sea cow, aquatic and therefore whether elephants have undergone a tortuous evolutionary journey from water to land (when their remote ancestors changed from fish to amphibians) then back to water again, before finally returning to the land.
In short, energy is required to generate clean water and loads of water is used to generate energy (almost 40% of all fresh water withdrawals in the U.S., according to NREL).
In fact, studies by experts have found that countries are more likely to cooperate over water than to fight over water.
The report also suggests that Mr Byatt could use the Competition Act, which comes into effect next March, to force water companies to sell unused rights to extract water.
Using hot water to manage hydrates could mean a lot more water to deal with on the surface.
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The citizens of El Alto, a poor, sprawling city perched above La Paz, the capital, are engaged in a like-minded campaign to throw out a French water company, which they blame for high prices and for failing to supply water to hundreds of thousands of people.
"The Tory-led government is out of touch with the pressures facing families - the fact that it has postponed its long-awaited Water Bill means that there will be no action to tackle unsustainable water usage or to help households facing rising water bills for at least another two years, " she said.
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When ready to eat, the pod is soaked in water to reconstitute its volume and blended with water and spices to make a red chile sauce.
We airlift bottled water to disasters, which permits bottled water companies to claim great humanitarian benefits, but is an extraordinarily expensive and unsustainable response.
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Moreover, even if it does rain in the region, it would take two to three days for that water intake to be recorded at the dam, since it takes that much time for the water to travel to the turbines.
"We can't cut electricity to Kabul Water Directorate because it will deprive water to a lot of people, " Mr Alimi said.
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Such robots could skim across lakes and other bodies of water to monitor water quality or act as tiny spies.
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Offshore zone: extends from the low water mark to a water depth of about 15 m (49 ft) and is permanently covered with water.
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