“conserve water” and lately‚ everyone seems to be saying it! We had several NGOs disturbing us by distributing pamphlets about conserving water. Aiming that crumpled pamphlet to the waste basket‚ I used to wonder “Why are they wasting paper in the name of saving water?” After hearing NGOs blaming the government‚ I had resigned to the notion that “water conservation” is an issue that the government should take care of. It looked like the world is conspiring to make me feel guilty of wasting water‚ when
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Water is our past. Water is our future. Without it‚ we cannot survive‚ and there are no alternatives. Many people have likened the issue of water scarcity to our current economic struggle over petroleum. Without petroleum‚ we can’t drive our cars‚ and maybe we have to walk to school or work. This is not the case for water‚ as we are not dealing with simple inconveniences (as grandiose as they may be)‚ we are dealing with the issue of sustaining life itself. The global lack of abundance of usable
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one or more of its member firms‚ each of which is a separate legal entity. PwC 17 September 2014 2 Background Kazakhstan is embarking on a program of privatization‚ accordingly the Government of Kazakhstan is now developing proposals which will help to: - Identify the companies with government links that should be included in the privatization program; - Adopt principles and guidelines for “Yellow Pages rule” suitable for implementation in Kazakhstan. PwC has undertaken a brief study of relevant
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Case Study – Spain’s Telefonica 1. The changes that were involved in the political and economic environment‚ which allowed Telefonica to start expanding globally‚ were privatization and deregulation. Spain’s Telefonica was established in the 1920s being a state-owned national telecommunications monopoly. Soon‚ the Spanish government privatized it‚ as well as deregulated the market for Spanish telecommunications. Due to these changes‚ Telefonica has a reduction in workforce‚ rapid adoption of new
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lagao toh dar jayegi‚ Upar laoge toh mar jayegi Meaning: Fish is the queen of water‚ whose life is water; It is scared of the touch and out of water it shall perish This is not just true for fish‚ but for any life on the earth. The biosphere with its fauna and flora owes its existence to water. In the solar system it is only our earth that is credited with water‚ that too just 1% of the entire water‚ that is potable. It is therefore a gift and a coincidence‚ too. Man has therefore a
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References: Ajakaiye‚ O. (1990). Public Enterprises Policies in Nigeria. Ibadan: Nigeria Institute of Social Economic Research. Ayodele‚ S.(1988). Privatization and Commercialization of Public Enterprises and their Implications. Adedotun P Bala‚ J.J.(2004). The Nigerian Privatisation Programme: Strategies & Timeliness 2003- 2007. NESG Policy Dialogue Series‚ 3( 2) ‚ 11-28. Efange‚ P. (1987). “An overview
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The Water We Take for Granted Imagine living in a world without the luxury of running water. Almost all Americans take their access to water for granted every single day. In an average day water is used for bathing‚ cooking‚ washing clothes‚ removing bodily wastes and many other functions. The average water use per person per day in the United States is an amazing 550 liters. That is 145 gallons. However‚ there is a multitude of people across the globe that do not have this kind of access
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Locations in the world facing water shortage P139 Fresh water is distributed ________ across the world thus the amount of fresh water per capita available can vary ____________. Fresh water available is calcucated by ______________________________________________. Water security‚ water _______‚ water stress and water ___________ are terms used to describe different levels of water availability. There is water security when there is _________ and ________ fresh water for human consumption. Natural
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increasing population and rapid economic growth as well as lax environmental oversight have increased water pollution. Therefore‚ deterioration of drinking water quality continues to be a major problem. Continuous emissions from manufacturing are the largest contributor to lowered drinking quality across the country. China’s major river systems exhibit the scope of the problem. Perhaps 70 percent of their water is so polluted that it has been deemed unsafe for human contact. In addition to untreated sewage
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The causes of water pollution Water pollution comes from a myriad of sources‚ both natural and from human activity. The most destructive causes of water pollution are man made‚ however. The largest sources include: The burning of coal in power plants emits ash particulates that contain toxic metals like arsenic and lead. Coal and petroleum also contain sulfur compounds. Combustion generates sulfur dioxide‚ a toxic gas‚ and oxides of nitrogen. When emitted from exhaust stacks‚ these two compounds
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