An alternative would be to meter all water users, and to vary the price according to availability.
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Water users, from residential to commercial, to even industrial sites could dramatically reduce their water-energy by using the sun.
Increasing competition over water resources is also leading to conflicts between the private sector, agriculture water users, and civil society.
But water users in Devon and Cornwall will see their domestic bills going up by an average of 25% between 2005 and 2010.
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But the Federal Water Quality Coalition, a group composed of industrial and metropolitan water users, has launched its own lawsuit in opposition to the first.
Water users along the line of the river are protesting furiously.
The note summarizes the broad scientific consensus on the potential impact of climate change on water resources and water users as well as helps us understand the environmental, social and economic implications.
"It troubles us that Ford is making it easier for them and harder for its core constituency, " says Donald Russell, president of Klamath Water Users Association, a group of ranchers and farmers in Oregon.
Elements of the approach are similar to that in Andhra Pradesh: farmers gather in water-users' associations to plan and operate irrigation services, for example.
Objectors claim it would lead to a surplus of berths, more congestion and restricted water supply for boat users.
The researchers found that for residential users heating water (showers, clothes washers, cooking, hot tubs, etc) accounted for 75% of water-related energy use.
Herrman points out that in response to the claims that the NYSE had been flooded with three feet of water, social media users in the area uploaded photos of the building looking high and dry to combat the rumors.
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One can draw the analogy with current electricity and running-water systems, where end-users can use services from providers with ease, without being concerned with the technical complexity behind those systems.
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Google has dipped a toe in the water of trying to remind iPhone users where they need to be and how to get them there via Google Now, part of its search app for iPhone.
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Obvius has pioneered a portfolio of plug-and-play data-collection and communications applications based on an open architecture, which allow users to monitor electric, water, gas, environmental and renewable energy information through a single, web-accessible platform.
Water prices should be raised for end-users, and levies and pollution taxes increased.
Simply throwing a new dam onto a river with a diversion would impair some down stream users prior right to use that water.
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Inventables' most recent shipment included a self-heating can that contains calcium oxide and water, which mix and heat up when users press a button on the can.
"We want to ensure that farmers and growers in the region have access to a fair share of water resources and enjoy equal status with other users, given their vital role as producers, " he said.
Ministers could start, says the report, by allowing users of more than 100 megalitres of water a day to shop around for supplies: this would extend the market to about 1, 500 customers.
We recognised the importance of bathing water quality to the local communities around Thanet and beach users.
Nikon has also announced the addition of a new accessory to the Nikon 1 System, one that will allow users to use their Nikon 1 cameras during water-based adventures and vacations for even more creative freedom and expression.
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After taking the photo, the app prompts users to answer three simple questions: Is the water level dry, some or full?
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The flexible, rubberised band was meant to be showerproof but Jawbone discovered it was being overflexed by users, causing cracks in the circuit boards and allowing water to enter.
Trading in water rights may one day bring order to the 20m well-users in India, but not in time to feed the 1.4 billion Indian mouths expected by 2025.
Chris Graff, of the Environmental Defence Fund in Oakland, notes that advocates of new water projects become much less enthusiastic if it is proposed that the users pay for it.
The WP-N1 will allow users to bring their Nikon 1 camera on a beach vacation or water sport adventure like kayaking, jet skiing, snorkeling and surfing without having to worry about damage from the water.
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Examples include satellite maps that only show cloud cover, towns located in the wrong place, missing bodies of water, absent roads, incorrectly spelt place names and suggested driving directions that would take users on odd routes.
Social media users who said they were in Lushan county posted photos of collapsed buildings and reported that water and electricity had been cut off.
Users can draw graphic shapes on top of images to study such phenomena as parabolas produced by water fountains and the curvature of antennas.
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