The LAM demonstrates, in a concrete way, how water law and science need to interact in order to provide transboundary watercourse States with the guidance necessary to devise an effective national water policy.

UNESCO: Programas del PHI

To get at the oil and gas trapped in shale, drillers use powerful hydraulic pumps to force water and chemicals through holes punched in the concrete-and-steel well casing.

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Government, regulators and the water industry were urged to make concrete plans for new supply networks in advance of house building, to ensure there are adequate water resources for the future.

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Indeed cooperation in the realm of water brings very concrete social, economical and political benefits to countries and their populations, including regional peace and security.

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Peterson leans on some interesting technology (as well as old world techniques such as concrete fermenters) using sensors in the vineyard to measure exactly how much water is moving through the vine and the overall stress on the plant.

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To launch concrete initiatives to address the water, energy, food security nexus in a coherent and sustainable way.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

Covering "vast areas" in concrete could also mean rivers bursting their banks after heavy rainfall because water will run off the land more quickly he said.

BBC: Water threat to new homes plan