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.

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.

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

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

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.

When food is scarce, people share.

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

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

When information is plentiful, the scarce resource is attention.

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

Conflict is increasing as communities compete for scarce resources.

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.

Resources are scarce.

The information passed to my Office is scarce and unconvincing.

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.

Evidence for prevalence of pain in newly diagnosed cancer 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.

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.

Waste combustion is particularly popular in countries such as Japan where land is a scarce resource.

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

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.

This is the result of scarce financial resources, which should provide for better work conditions.

However, all inductive reasoning where data is too scarce for statistical relevance is inherently based on anecdotal evidence.

Number two a declining population means scarce labor.

When information is scarce and unevenly distributed, prices may well depart from the reality of fundamentals.

Capitalism is, among other things, a struggle between individual people over the control of scarce resources.

But evidence of any consistent use of precious commodities to support Al Qaida terrorism is scarce.

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.

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.

Leaders time is a scarce resource. They cannot afford to attend multiple summits for each transnational issue.

Even at their best, all job boards do is allocate scarce talent resources they don t create them.

Things have value when they are both desirable and scarce.

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

This is particularly useful to small countries which have scarce human and financial resources to draft individual laws.

Equity is not scarce for viable banks, and the science of complex risk weights and stress tests is a harmful illusion.

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.