Concerns over how best to protect supplies in water-stressed areas have even prompted Thames Water to construct a desalination plant in southeast London in case of prolonged drought. But industry officials are keen to defend the stance of not obliging water companies to overinvest in tackling leaka...
21 April 2021, UK, London: Fitting one million smart water meters in the UK each year for the next 15 years could save one billion litres of water a day by the mid-2030s, and could reduce the UK’s current greenhouse gas emissions by up to 0.5%. These figures are according ...
identified in several parts of the world, little is known about the implications of complex couplings among modes, and their connection to droughts, which is pertinent to understanding future recharge and groundwater availability, especially in already water-stressed areas such as coastal Mediterranean ...
(2) Some of the investigated regions are extensively considered as water-stressed areas, such as the Arab countries in the Gulf region (GCC countries); others have plenty of water, such as Canada, but suffer from water distribution inequity regarding the Canadian Native (Indigenous) population, ...
only 14% of water consumption is from those areas in August. In contrast, the share of water consumption by power plants in CF > 20 (i.e., water stressed) areas (red bars) rises from 5% in May to 16% in August, and 89% of total WSF comes from CF > 20 areas in August, while...
Converting seawater into drinking water is an alternative solution to increase water supply capacity in water-stressed regions. -We have over 50 years’ experience and have built more than 260desalinationplants around the world. 3 Improving water infrastructure ...
Rapid expansion of water-stressed areas necessitates improvement of crops with traits such as drought tolerance and adaptation, through conventional breeding and/or genetic manipulation. For cultivated crops like chickpea, where improvement through conventional breeding is difficult because of a narrow ...
It is also expensive - we have met families in South India that pay up to $16 a week for all of their water.") By 2030 the UN estimates that half the world's population will be living in water-stressed areas. More information: desolenator.com/ © 2014 Tech Xplore ...
It has long been known that urban heat islands (UHIs) occur in densely built-up areas and can be 5–6 °C warmer than the surrounding landscape [6]. Therefore, adequate and sustainable urban planning that mitigates the consequences of global increases in temperatures and the associated ...
Almost one in three Europeans is affected by water stress in an average year1, and 90% of children in the Middle East and North Africa live in areas of high water stress.2 “We owe it to our children and grandchildren to change the way we think about water, and how we use it and ...