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How California distributes scarce water
2015-04-19 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: The state of California is asking a basic question right now that people often fight over: What's a fair way to divide up something that's scarce and valuable? That "something," in this case, is water. There's a lot at stake, including your very own nuts, fruit and vegetables, because most of the water that's up for grabs in California goes to farmers. This year, some farmers will get water, and others will not, simply based on when their land was first irrigated. Consider, for instance, the case...
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Earth Day 2015: Giant Eagle to significantly reduce water consumption
2015-04-18 11:00:29| Grocery - Topix.net
Giant Eagle, Inc., one of the nation's largest food retailers and distributors, has announced that it is celebrating Earth Day 2015 with a commitment to reduce water consumption by 5 percent by July 2017, resulting in an anticipated conservation of millions of gallons of water. According to Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, demand for water is projected to rise by an estimated 40 percent by 2050.
China struggle for water security
2015-04-18 05:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Way back in 1999, before he became China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao warned that water scarcity posed one of the greatest threats to the "survival of the nation". Sixteen years later, that threat looms ever larger, casting a forbidding shadow over China's energy and food security and demanding urgent solutions with significant regional, and even global, consequences. The mounting pressure on China's scarce, unequally distributed and often highly polluted water supply was highlighted in a report...
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Stumped by the Code? NEC Requirements for Sizing Conductors for an Electric Water Heater
2015-04-18 00:05:21| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Q. How do we size the conductors and maximum overcurrent protection for an electric water heater? Please give an example. read more
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Water Supply and Sewage/Wastewater Disposal
2015-04-17 18:09:16| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Information provided by FMI, Raleigh, N.C. Water supply construction fell 5% in 2014, and FMI expects it to grow just 1% to $13.0 billion in 2015. read more
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