’ Water! Water! Water! ’: These are the words of a person dying from thirst‚ which me or you might be hearing or even crying it out aloud in the near future‚ because human being’s most serious problem and dilemma in the 21st century might not be war or hunger or disease or the collapse of civic order‚ it may be the lack of Fresh Water‚ according to a United Nation’s (UNESCO) report. At present 1.1 billion people lack access to clean water‚ while 2.4 billion lack access to proper sanitation‚ nearly
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MASDAR CITY Established in 2006‚ Masdar is a commercially driven enterprise that operates to reach the broad boundaries of the renewable energy and sustainable technologies industry – there by giving it the necessary scope to meet these challenges. Masdar operates through five integrated units‚ including an independent‚ research-driven graduate university‚ and seeks to become a leader in making renewable energy a real‚ viable business and Abu Dhabi a global centre of excellence in the renewable
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Bottled Water vs. Tap Water Water is vital to human life. Humans can live for several weeks on water alone. However‚ they cannot survive for more than a few days without it. In fact‚ a human’s body primarily consists of 55% to 78% water (Geri Walton.) Therefore‚ we need water. Life cannot exist without water. While some people prefer drinking bottled water‚ others prefer drinking tap water. In fact‚ controversy has been placed on the quality and safety of drinking bottled water versus drinking
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Vatican City is a self-governing country inside of Rome. It is a city-state that is its own country. It is also the smallest country in terms of population and area. The pope functions as the head of state in Vatican City‚ but he actually has no real power. The population of Vatican city is 900; this seemingly low number is due to the lack of private residence. The Swiss guard and the pope himself are the only people who live in the city. When we visited Vatican City we saw many of the world’s greatest
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Recycling water the natural way Natural water treatment at Siemens facility in India In a densely populated country like India‚ water is a very precious resource. Home to approximately 16 percent of the world’s population‚ India has but four percent of the planet’s water reserves. With this in mind‚ the location management of Siemens Real Estate in Kalwa‚ India and EHS opted to implement a wastewater treatment system that would‚ for the most part‚ regulate itself – much like a natural wetland
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THUA THIEN HUE AND HUE CITY 1. Basic information Area: lt has the natural area of 5‚053.9 square meters spread in the long and narrow land‚ with the average width of 60 km and the length of 127 km. It is along the direction of North West - South East parallel with the coast‚ with various terrains of mountains‚ hills‚ coastal plains and lagoons. 2. Location a.Geography location Locates in the North Central Coast of Vietnam‚ approximately in the center of the country at latitude of
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Water Polution definiton: Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans‚ aquifers and groundwater). Water pollution occurs whenpollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. Water pollution affects plants and organisms living in these bodies of water. In almost all cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations‚ but also to
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Water pollution in China started with industrial development and has become more one of the most devastating environmental problems faced by the country today. From the chart‚ we can see that as the country’s GDP rises‚ the volume of wastewater discharge increases as well. This suggests that to achieve a rise in GDP‚ the environment has to be sacrificed. The reason for this is that wastewater treatment techniques and facilities have fallen far behind from the growth of industrial production and
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QUEZON CITY From 1948 to 1976‚ Quezon City was the capital city of the Philippines. It is currently one of the most populated cities in the Philippines and is located in the heart of Metro Manila. The city is named after the former Philippine president‚ Manuel Luis Quezon. He not only founded the city‚ but developed it to replace Manila as the capital. People Power Monument Located on the popular street known as Edsa is an icon known as the People Power Monument. The People Power Revolution
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2011 Special Report Valuing Water: HoW Can Businesses Manage tHe CoMing sCarCity? http://environment.wharton.upenn.edu • http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu sponsors The Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL) and Knowledge@ Wharton have partnered to create this special report on business and the environment. We are most grateful to the Xerox Foundation for supporting collaboration and funding of this edition. Contents Valuing Water: How Can Businesses Manage the
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