Water Shortages Water has been one of our natural resources that we have used throughout time in many different ways. We have developed ways to make it more available and use it to create energy. However‚ because we have made it more available‚ we have developed issues that waste our good clean water‚ take old pipes that have been used to transport water across cities for example. Because they are so old‚ they tend to waste about 7 billion gallons of water every day (CQ Report‚ 2010‚ p.531). And
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Nestle I was shocked to learn that Nestle was taking one of Michigan’s most precious natural resource and destroying the area by pumping ground water at an alarming rate even after it became apparent their operations were harming the surrounding property and community. According to Nestle (2014) they are “the world ’s leading nutrition‚ health and wellness company”‚ but when it comes to the health and wellness of the communities they set up the bottling companies Nestle is more concerned with production
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POWER SHORTAGE IN MINDANAO: CAUSE AND EFFECT A Term Paper Presented to the Faculty of Northlink Technological College New Pandan‚ Panabo city In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the subject Econ1: ECONOMICS ‚ TAXATION AND AGRARIAN REFORM Eddie L. Manungas Jr. lkenn louie M. Palma Researchers October 2014 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS Background of the Study One of the potential contributors to the large productivity gap between developed and
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Water Shortage or Water Misuse The United States of America is known for her extreme overuse of everything. Americans see something they want and they simply take it. It was true when the young country pushed westward. The Native Americans were already there‚ but that mattered not; it was wanted‚ so it was taken. It is still true today. Americans as a people see what they want and they take it with very little regard to who had it first or where more might come from. Water is one of those
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resources water. Industrial growth means an increase demand for water used in production processes and much of the water being used is not being reclaimed. A higher living standard means a greater demand for electricity that is lowering water levels in rivers used for generation. The population growth increases this nation’s basic living need for water. Of China’s 640 cities‚ 300 of them are suffering from inadequate water supplies (News Service Reports). Other issues related to water shortages within
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has been a major water shortage due to the lack of rainfall. It is mainly in California and other Western states. According to the U.S. Geological Survey‚ “In 119 years of recorded history‚ 2013 was the dries calendar year for the state of California.” California’s snowpack usually provides about one-third of the water used in Californian farms and cities. In January 2014‚ it measured in at 12%. The water shortage has had many effects of people‚ farming‚ and the economy. The effects it has had on
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Global water shortage where will this lead to? Water is getting scarce and there are currently nearly a billion people around the world in need of sufficient water‚ this equals with about 1/6 of the world’s population. Although we thought that wars were caused mostly by religious disagreements and to prevent dictatorships etc.‚ the future wars are now influenced not only by those conflicts but by our natural resources’ scarcity and thereby lead to society collapses. It is getting increasingly
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The risks of water shortages are growing‚ and‚ as they do‚ so does the potential for conflict. When patterns of economic development on either side of a political border are uneven‚ the potential for ‘water wars’ becomes a growing concern. One rising soured of conflict is due to water availability from the Colorado River. For example‚ the Colorado may cause potential conflict between Mexico and the US in future years. 90% of water is extracted before it reaches Mexico due to its heavy usage; as
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California’s Water Shortage Currently California is facing a water shortage. The issue has been addressed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in February. He called for all state agencies to find the way to help in the statewide water shortage. This is California’s third consecutive year of drought and last spring and summer was the worst of the season because it had the lowest amount of water recorded and California’s reservoirs were at their lowest point as well which did not help in the water shortage
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Shortage of water in Pakistan As we all know‚ Pakistan is facing severe shortage of water. There are two main reasons‚ one due to persistent droughts---which is beyond the control of a man‚ and the other due to miss-management of water resources. Impact on economy / society * Less water means less agricultural yields‚ meaning they cannot fulfill the food requirements of the nation‚ so they need to be dependent on other countries. * Due to less production of main crops‚ which are wheat‚
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