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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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    Water shortage is a growing problem for most countries in the world. For China, which has 20% of world’s population and only 7% of available water resources, this problem may become catastrophic (Hofstedt 2010, 72). Therefore some actions and measures should be performed to avoid or at least to weaken future water crisis in China. In this work the following three solutions will be proposed and analyzed in terms of efficiency and applicability: water usage efficiency improvement; adopting the local

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    without water and it’s something you have to have to live.China has always struggled with water scarcity mostly North China. There are three main causes of China’s water scarcity crisis, Global warming ,and population Of these, the biggest driver is industrialization. A reason China struggles with water shortage is because of global warming. There is Glaciers are shrinking 7% every year, and,massive flooding along with long term droughts.This problem helps explain China’s water shortage because

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    Essay on The Global Water Shortage

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    Water is vital necessity of human life. Nowadays, the world is incurring a serious problem like shortage of water. Britain's chief scientist John Beddington (2010) claimed that if in the coming decade the rate of population growth climbs, the scarcity of drinkable water will become the urgent problem for all humanity. Unfortunately, lack of potable water has bad influence on people’s health and may lead to international conflicts. Because of the shortage of water people use water from unsafe sources

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    depend on water for survival (Kenneth). No human, animal or plant can survive for long without this essential commodity. For us humans, water is the driving engine of most of our economic and recreational activities. For instance, we depend on water for the production of energy in industries, transportation and outdoor recreation. Most of us equally depend on water for the provision of amenity and cultural values. Barlow and Clarke state that one cannot simply whisk away the crisis of fresh water we have

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    Central Valley Water Shortage 1. Fresno is a city located in central California, also known as San Joaquin Valley Famously knows for its grape field and green trees. Known for where the immigrants came to work, by picking grapes making little to know money. Every year I go back to visit my home town about twice a year, each time we get near the grape vine which is located between Fresno and Las Angeles. The first thing that is noticed by the eye is the magnificent greenery and farm lands that

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    One of the main crisis today is the high water usage in Ontario. The site, www.ec.gc.ca, states that Canada holds 7% of the world's cleanest waters and we use 40% of it. Not only are we noted as the province which uses the most water in all of North America, we also participate in the 20-50 % loss of water as a nation. North America holds the largest ecological footprint for water usage in the world and this is causing harm to our supply of fresh water. The economic system does not show much light

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    Water shortage, California has a limit in how much they use water. For instance in Orange county, California they as well have things going on just as in China. Orange County has illnesses that they fell that has to do with the marine waters close by. Which is an economic burden for them in Journal, of Environment Management, they are mention that they have to pay gastrointestinal illness, acute respiratory disease, ear ailment and the list goes on. Why do they have to pay for this illness? They

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    infect our water. The polluted water supply will kill off the fish or make them unhealthy to eat. Too many people living in such close quarters will soon pass on disease to their neighbors. There will be no water to clean and sanitize to stop the spread of disease. This will kill off a fair amount of the population. The lack of water can cause wars and fighting among countries. Water will become more important than anything else when there is no more water. In the Article “ Why global water shortages

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    Comprehensive Water Damage Coverage Now Available in Canada Water damage is the most common basis for home insurance claims. Most homeowners, when purchasing coverage for their home, would be more concerned with the potential for loss from fire or theft, but losses from water damage far outweigh either of those issues. In fact, some providers have reported costs relative to water damage claims in British Columbia alone have increased an astounding 205% since the year 2000. Growing uncertainties

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