Title : Water Crisis Introduction : - water always been a natural resource - 80 countries now facing water shortage ‚ 2 billion people lack access to clean water. - global demand for fresh water will vastly outstrip reliable supply in many parts of world. - 97.5% of water is sea water ‚ left 2.5 % of “ fresh water “ but inside include glacier ‚ ice packs ‚ soil moisture ‚ atmosphere ‚ groundwater . Factors driving to this situations : 1. Demographic pressure population growth rate
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Introduction Fresh water is an indispensable resource for human livelihood‚ agricultural irrigation and economic development (Brooks‚ 2007). However‚ due to the rapid population growth and the limited reserves‚ increasing regions have faced serious scarcity of fresh water (Williamson‚ 2010). Saudi Arabia is one of the driest countries in the world (CIA‚ 2011). According to World Bank (2011)‚ the world average fresh water consumption is nearly 7000m³/year/person‚ while the water resource per capita
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WATER CONSERVATION Water conservation encompasses the policies‚ strategies and activities to manage fresh water as a sustainable resource to protect the water environment and to meet current and future human demand. Population‚ household size and growth and affluence all affect how much water is used. Factors such as climate change will increase pressures on natural water resources especially in manufacturing and agricultural irrigation. The goals of water conservation efforts include as follows:
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health and dignity for the whole country. This crisis is in our access to water and‚ in particular‚ sanitation. They are the most basic of daily human needs‚ human rights recognised in international conventions to which Pakistan is a signatory‚ yet still far from the reach of many ordinary Pakistanis. Pakistan is due to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the number of people without access to water by 2017. However‚ the situation for sanitation is bleak: 43 million people
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Who is Claes Oldenburg? Claes Oldenburg is an American sculptor‚ best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Where is he from? Claes Oldenburg is from Stockholm. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm is the most
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Kheng Horng Gan Edwin IS-240.009‚ Disc6 2/23/14 Questions 2 – Evaluate the advantages of the relational database model A relational database model has many advantages such as increase flexibility‚ increase information security‚ increase scalability and performance‚ increase information integrity (quality)‚ and reduce information redundancy. Firstly‚ most of the companies use database because it can handle changes easily and quickly. There are two views used to understand the flexible database
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Hân Class: AE3B WATER SCARCITY : A TIME-BOMB IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE People can survive at least ten days without eating. But without water‚ they will die after only three days. It shows how important water is in people’s daily life. So‚ just imagine how we survive if there’s not any water available. That’s the reason why water scarcity is one of the key environment issues of our time. This essay will identify some major causes and offer three solutions. The shortage of water resources is mostly
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Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful. Uses of water include agricultural‚ industrial‚ household‚ recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. 97% of the water on the Earth is salt water. However‚ only three percent is fresh water; slightly over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps.[1] The remaining unfrozen freshwater is found mainly as groundwater‚ with only a small fraction present
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The Shortage of Educationally Prepared Nursing Faculty The nation is in need of a sufficient Registered nurse supply. The adequacy of this supply is critical in providing quality health care. An integral role of Registered nurses (RNs) and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in primary care delivery helps to bring focus to the nation’s health care systems of patients’ and communities. The United States’ estimated shortage of nurses will grow to 260‚000 by 2025‚ disturbing the nation’s
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Water is a human right‚ not a commodity. It is the essence of life‚ sustaining every living being on the planet. Without it we would have no plants‚ no animals‚ no people. However‚ while water consumption doubles every twenty years our water sources are being depleted‚ polluted and exploited by multinational corporations. Water privatization has been promoted by corporations and international lending institutions as the solution to the global water crises but the only one’s who benefit from water
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