Hard Wisdom for Scarce Water

The same is true for ground water. Land is also increasingly scarce.

Twenty percent of global GDP already is produced in water scarce areas.

Pressure on water resources due to increased crop intensity brings about increased water resource competition in areas where water resources are scarce.

India is facing a serious water resource problem and as trends suggest, it is expected to become water stressed by 2025 and water scarce by 2050

Desalination of salt water is another capital intensive option, which is used particularly in water scarce areas and for high value uses.

These are places where water is so scarce year after year that crop production is marginal at best.

At the same time, in Africa and Central Asia, water will become more scarce, and drought will reduce food supplies.

Surface water is scarce in Botswana and less than 5 of the agriculture in the country is sustainable by rainfall.

Countries should establish surface and groundwater quality monitoring networks at the national level in order to protect their scarce water resources

And, while the conflicts in the Middle East are primarily about territory, this includes the scarce water resources so essential for survival.

Resources are scarce.

Scarce labor drives wages.

Our resources are scarce.

Given the financial burden of the program, and, more importantly, the cost in scarce water, the Saudis decided to phase out the subsidies entirely by 2016.

But rapid urbanization is driving up industrial fossil fuel consumption and household water consumption, and is increasing demand for food in areas where arable land is scarce.

In the field of health and medicine, the Committee noted that a filter made of nanoaluminium oxide fibres could be used to remove impurities from drinking water in areas on Earth where water was scarce and potentially contaminated.

When food is scarce, people share.

A long term effect of the impact was the creation of the sedimentary basin which ultimately produced favorable conditions for human settlement in a region where surface water is scarce.

Number two a declining population means scarce labor.

Conflict is increasing as communities compete for scarce resources.

Jobs are scarce, and the future looks bleak everywhere.

People aren't fighting over scarce housing or lucrative jobs.

This would help reduce consumption of scarce natural resources.

When information is plentiful, the scarce resource is attention.

In Germany, food was scarce, but only 5 died.

Accelerating trends of environmental degradation and poverty at the local, national and global levels lead to increased competition for scarce resources such as land and water, and can be potential flashpoints for violent conflict.

Things have value when they are both desirable and scarce.

Other than peat, dolomite, and limestone, natural resources are scarce.

The information passed to my Office is scarce and unconvincing.

But it has gained a new impetus in a world where climate change is already a reality, commodity prices are rising, and basic resources such as clean air, arable land, and fresh water are increasingly scarce.

They accumulate fat reserves in their hind legs and the base of their tail before the dry winter season, when food and water are scarce, and can exhibit daily and prolonged torpor during the dry season.

Society would be spending scarce resources on losers rather than winners.

Schools were scarce between World War I and World War II.

Evidence for prevalence of pain in newly diagnosed cancer is scarce.

Expansions usually start collapsing when labor gets too scarce and too expensive.

But we know that new technology and innovation are driving changes in the way that energy is produced, how new markets for food and clean water are emerging, and how basic ecological services are now becoming scarce and valued.

Although it was becoming evident that water could no longer be considered an infinite resource, as had been the case in the 1950s when there were fewer people on the planet, no one knew just how scarce the resource was.

With resources so scarce, developing countries cannot afford the luxury of such waste.

But excessive secrecy leads to scarce resources being diverted into wild goose chases.

But even the scarce ingredients they have managed to find are running out.

We humans are very good at figuring out ways to make scarce things desirable.

Yet many young people are ill prepared for secondary school, and places are scarce.

At a time when bank capital is scarce, that impediment carries significant economic costs.

Early colonial pioneers in New Zealand had sheep aplenty, but goose was relatively scarce.