Water Scarcity Is An Opportunity for Water Efficiencyjustinwaters014
It’s not a widely published fact, but that’s no reason why it should not be a widely acknowledged problem. The world’s supply of fresh water is slowly running dry. Forty percent of the world’s population is already reeling under the problem of scarcity.
Most of the diseases plaguing the world are water-borne. And while there is a child born every eight seconds in America, there is a life taken every eight seconds by some water-borne disease in other parts of the world.
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Water Scarcity Is An Opportunity for Water Efficiencyjustinwaters014
It’s not a widely published fact, but that’s no reason why it should not be a widely acknowledged problem. The world’s supply of fresh water is slowly running dry. Forty percent of the world’s population is already reeling under the problem of scarcity.
Most of the diseases plaguing the world are water-borne. And while there is a child born every eight seconds in America, there is a life taken every eight seconds by some water-borne disease in other parts of the world.
Please visit http://www.bgwaterfilter.com/products.html for more information.
Socio-economic development and availability of water are strongly interrelated.
Advances in water related engineering, technology and management have been central to progress in human development.
Today water remains central to many aspects of socio-economic development – key to energy and food production (nexus) and other areas of human endeavor.
Socio-economic development and availability of water are strongly interrelated.
Advances in water related engineering, technology and management have been central to progress in human development.
Today water remains central to many aspects of socio-economic development – key to energy and food production (nexus) and other areas of human endeavor.
Presented by IWMI's Peter McCornick at the World Water Day dialogue titled “Water, jobs and prosperity in Sri Lanka: Partnerships for sustainability”, held in IWMI Headquarters in Colombo Sri Lanka, on March 23, 2016.
Sociology Honors Research: Societal Factors and the Human-Water RelationshipLauren Anderson
Previous research has examined the relationship between countries’ values, social and cultural context with their environmental attitudes. Findings from these studies have demonstrated cross-cultural generalizability inferring countries with collectivist cultures and self-transcendent values are positively linked to environmental attitudes; specifically attitudes towards water practices.
The current study intends to combine prior research on this relationship between values and environmental attitudes to determine if particular social or cultural indicators significantly impact a country’s relationship with water. Statistical analysis using the World Values Survey examines which social and cultural indicators have influenced the current human-water relationships in the following countries: Chile, India and the United States. These countries were chosen based on their religious affiliation.
Findings from multivariate statistical analysis of the World Values Survey are used as the foundation for this research’s secondary data analysis.
Multidisciplinary Research Week 2013 at the University of Southampton. #MDRWeek. World Water Day and International Year of Water Cooperation 2013.
‘Human Capital and Water: Assessing the direct relationship and the impact of urban dimensions’, Presentation by Sylvia Szabo, Social Statistics & Demography, University of Southampton.
See the latest videos, interviews, pictures, tweets and views from the floor at: www.southampton.ac.uk/multidisciplinary
Among some of the world’s top corporate leaders, there’s a growing understanding that traditional business models—built on the presumption of unlimited and cheap natural resources—must be reworked for 21st century realities. The circular economy represents a markedly different way of doing business, replacing established practices like planned obsolescence with new approaches to generating profits. This report examines how brands from Puma and Ford to Ikea and Starbucks are becoming more circular, why this concept is gaining more adherents now and implications for brands. The circular economy is an important topic not only because the approach is far better for the planet but also because tapping into its principles may well be essential to long-term competitiveness.
Presentation made to the French-Australian Forum on Water and Land Management "Food and water security shaping land-use futures" on CPWF 10-year achievements with a focus on the Ganges and Mekong basins.
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My first publication at UNICEF sheds light on the impacts of climate change on children's access to safe water and sanitation. If you think about it, it's staggering how more than 7.3 billion people have to compete over the extremely small fraction (definitely less than 1%) of the planet's available water resources -- and it'll only exacerbate as climate change continues. Who will suffer the most? The poorest children in the most vulnerable regions, such as coastal areas or the regions with extreme heat stress. Check out this short brief prepared for #COP22 and stay tuned for the full report by next year's #Worldwaterday! So honored and privileged to work with the amazing colleagues. PROGRAMME DIVISION (WASH SECTION): Jose Gesti Canuto, Cecilia Scharp DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION: Philippa Lysaght DIVISION OF DATA, RESEARCH AND POLICY (PSN SECTION): Yoonie Choi, Christine Klauth, Cornelius Kuteesa, Nicholas Rees, Shangning Wang(graphic design）
A keynote address by Dr. Alain Vidal of the CPWF to the Spiritual Transformation for
Sustainable Development: a Forum focusing on Carbon Dioxide Reduction and Efficient Use of Water, hosted by Thailand's AIT on November 3-4, 2009.
The conference seeks to discuss how spiritual values can complement political and economical processes and what can be done to increase the impact of ethical values on carbon dioxide reduction and efficient use of water. The primary purpose is to find ways and means for securing a sustainable society based on the long term ethical values common to all world religions.
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Water Problem, water Savings, water needs, water wastage and their obstacles RebekahSamuel2
Discuss the problems of water, saving of water, needs of
water, wastage of water, and also discuss the obstacles in
the way of water saving, water shortage and how to
improve the water resources in Pakistan?
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A friend of mine lives in a middle-class neighborhood of New Delhi, one of the richest cities in India. Although the area
gets a fair amount of rain every year, he wakes
in the morning to the blare of a megaphone an-
nouncing that freshwater will be available only
for the next hour. He rushes to fill the bathtub
and other receptacles to last the day. New Del-
hi’s endemic shortfalls occur largely because wa-
ter managers decided some years back to divert
large amounts from upstream rivers and reser-
voirs to irrigate crops.
My son, who lives in arid Phoenix, arises to
the low, schussing sounds of sprinklers watering
verdant suburban lawns and golf courses.
Although Phoenix sits amid the Sonoran Desert,
he enjoys a virtually unlimited water supply. Pol-
iticians there have allowed irrigation water to be
shifted away from farming operations to cities
and suburbs, while permitting recycled waste-
water to be employed for landscaping and other
nonpotable applications.
As in New Delhi and Phoenix, policymakers
worldwide wield great power over how water
resources are managed. Wise use of such power
will become increasingly important as the years
go by because the world’s demand for freshwa-
ter is currently overtaking its ready supply in
many places, and this situation shows no sign of
abating. That the problem is well-known makes
it no less disturbing: today one out of six people,
more than a billion, suffer inadequate access to
safe freshwater. By 2025, according to data
released by the United Nations, the freshwater
resources of more than half the countries across
the globe will undergo either stress—for exam-
ple, when people increasingly demand more
water than is available or safe for use— or out-
right shortages. By midcentury as much as three
quarters of the earth’s population could face
scarcities of freshwater.
Scientists expect water scarcity to become
more common in large part because the world’s
population is rising and many people are getting
richer (thus expanding demand) and because
global climate change is exacerbating aridity
and reducing supply in many regions. What is
more, many water sources are threatened by
faulty waste disposal, releases of industrial pol-
lutants, fertilizer runoff and coastal influxes of
saltwater into aquifers as groundwater is deplet-
ed. Because lack of access to water can lead to
starvation, disease, political instability and
even armed conflict, failure to take action can
have broad and grave consequences.
Fortunately, to a great extent, the technolo-
gies and policy tools required to conserve exist-
KEY CONCEPTS
n Global freshwater resourc-
es are threatened by rising
demands from many quar-
ters. Growing populations
need ever more water for
drinking, hygiene, sanita-
tion, food production and
industry. Climate change,
meanwhile, is expected to
contribute to.
A short presentation to accompany a lesson on global food and water security. Blog post with more information about the lesson can be found on eternalexploration.wordpress.com
Twitter for geography teachers and studentsnefertari_1984
Presentation from the Geographical Association Annual Conference at the University of Manchester on 13th April.
A short presentation on the basics of Twitter and how it can be useful for Geography teachers both in and out of the classroom
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
Executive Directors Chat Leveraging AI for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTechSoup
Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
2. Water for Life
Water plays a major role in
humanity’s social and economic
existence.
‘Available water’ : streams, lakes and
groundwater = blue water
‘unavailable’ – constrained in oceans
or polar ice.
‘Green Water’ – water absorbed by
vegetation and returned to the
atmosphere.
6. Relationships between water
development and human livelihoods
Health (hygiene, improvement, disease reduction)
Labour availability (health and less effort required to collect
water)
Cheaper water (compared to commercial vendors)
Improved well-being (more security, less stress)
Education (More time, especially for children)
Empowerment (through greater community decision making)
Income (health and labour improvement raise other
opportunities)
Food security and nutrition (household production
opportunities)
8. Water Scarce Countries
World Water Council (2010): ‘While the world's population tripled in the 20th
century, the use of renewable water resources has grown six-fold. Within the
next fifty years, the world population will increase by another 40 to 50 %. This
population growth - coupled with industrialization and urbanization - will
result in an increasing demand for water and will have serious consequences
on the environment. ‘
UN World Water Development Report (WWDR, 2009) presents an equally
gloomy future with these opening comments, ‘At the beginning of the
twenty-first century, the Earth, with its diverse and abundant life forms,
including over six billion humans, is facing a serious water crisis. All the signs
suggest that it is getting worse and will continue to do so, unless corrective
action is taken. This crisis is one of water governance, essentially caused by the
ways in which we mismanage water.’
9. Water and Development
Social and economic
development are not dictated by
water distribution, although nor
are they independent it.
Mismatches between
development and ‘natural’
distribution are compounded by
changes in hydrological regimes.
11. Chain of climate change uncertainty
for water resource management
12. Hydrological changes that could
impact on water resources
Precipitation intensity increases leading to higher surface runoff
Lower seasonal rainfall leading to drought
Higher temperatures with lower humidity causing plant water stress
Increased potential evaporation
Higher peak runoff
Lower seasonal runoff
Increased glacial meltwater runoff
Sea level rises and coastal flooding with associated saline water
intrusion
Groundwater recharge declining
Increased agricultural (irrigation) demand
Increased domestic water demands
13. Water dilemmas
Science and Economic
Technology: and political
Engineering or capacity to
mobilise
technology.
resources.
14. Enhancing Strategies
up to 1850s – small private (commercial) water supply
companies,
up to 1920s – municipal bodies investing in water and
sanitation measures due to health and environmental
concerns
Up to 1970s – large scale, national control of water
investment and regulation with goals of economic
development and social welfare improvement,
post 1970s – period of privatisation and decline of state-led
economic development.
16. Recognised by 75% as an independent
state.
Not recognised by the UN.
However it has it’s own water regime
and respective management issues.
Palestine: Water Resources
17. The HDI of Palestine
Human Dev Index Rank 114 / (United Nations
0.641
Development
Health (Life Exp.) 72.8
Programme, 2011)
Education Index 0.674
GNI per Capita $2,656
Inequality n/a
Poverty Index 0.005
Gender n/a
Sustainability n/a
Demography (pop) 4,152,400
19. The Political Issues of Palestine
Conflict with surrounding states and associated import
restrictions
Food shortages
Lack of central government
Lack of international recognition as a sovereign state
20. Water Use & Provision in Palestine
Arid region
Only 69% of Palestinian communities are connected to
water networks
Water consumption below WHO’s minimum standard
Restrictions of transboundary water supplies
Dependency on an Aquifer system
21. Palestine’s Aquifer Dependency
Dependency upon an Aquifer
system which discharges 600-
660 Mm3 annually
However West Bank Palestinians
exploit a mere 115-123 Mm3
Israel controls the westward-
flowing aquifers and all waters
flowing eastward into the Jordan
River
22. Predictions of Climate Change in the
Levant
Annual rainfall is likely to decrease,
with proximity to the Mediterranean
Sea.
The last 7 years have already seen
precipitation levels fall.
The Levant is the most effected region
by changes in precipitation in the
Middle East.
4.5°C suggested surface temperature
rise and 25% precipitation decrease by
the end of the century.
23. Downscaling the Effects of Climatic
Change to Palestine
The aquifer system will be severely effected, the
replenishment rate is expected to decrease by up to
60%.
25% decrease in precipitation the Upper River Jordan
catchment.
The Mediterranean Sea is expected to rise, leading to
salinization of the aquifer system.
24. Palestine’s Water Outlook in Relation to
Political and Climatic Pressures
2.5% to 5% decrease in agricultural grain yield by 2080
– exacerbating food shortages.
Lack of political stability inhibits their access to water
resources, restraining adaption to climate change.
In the absence of a clear political structure, there is
no clear water management plan, with or without
respect to climate change.
Increasing price of imported water
They don’t have the economic resources to
desalinize.
25. UN Policy Brief Challenge
Information on Water Resources
For the selected country the water resource environment should be described using
information from FAO Aquastat at,
http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/main/index.stm
online data base
http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/query/index.html?lang=en
The data is organised into
Geography and Population
Water Resources (precipitation, total renewable resources)
Water Use (agriculture, industry and domestic).
Irrigation
Conservation
Health
Editor's Notes
We need water for life. Beyond this fundamental association of water with ‘life’ however, water plays a major role in humanity's social and economic existence. Not only is the management of water needed to enable almost all productive activity, but the need to manage water has historically imposed organisations requirements on human society. AT t a first glance it might seem strange that we are concerned about water use since human activity withdraws less than 10% of available water resource on the planet. ‘Available water’ here means water in stream, lakes and groundwater – sometimes referred to as ‘blue water’ – after discounting the 99% of the worlds water as ‘unavailable’ because it is contained in the oceans or polar ice, falls as rain but is absorbed by vegetation and returned to the atmosphere (transpiration – ‘green water’) before it an drain into aquifers and streams.
