In the United States, the biggest source of potable water is the Ogallala Aquifer.
The loss of potable water sources worldwide has become a United Nations priority issue.
"Conventional biofuels need agricultural land and potable water -- which we need for other things, " he said.
Drinking water and non-potable water stations at various locations (wells are the norm except in the town center).
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Ideas ranging from education to potable water to harnessing the power of imagination are providing outlets for change.
The lack of potable water on the island is a real problem, Conlee said, and caretakers must ferry water as well as food.
Desalination is about energizing economic progress as well as providing an estimated one billion people worldwide access to potable water.
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Children sell sugar cane, produce, and potable water while women carry goods from market to market selling products along the way.
Energy and potable water demands have been reduced by more than 50%, using a quarter of the energy of a conventional city the same size.
Turtle kidneys have difficulty processing salt water, so for an animal that lives in a brackish environment potable water is always scarce.
In Brazil's favelas, it helped some 900, 000 people obtain "potable water piped directly into their homes, " and about 1 million receive sewer services.
And unless you want to lick rainwater from leaves, make sure the island has ample potable water, or you'll be installing a desalination facility.
If you want a great investment for the next 50 years or so, PHO is a safe bet because we will always need potable water.
The PHO fund invests in companies that provide potable water, the treatment of water, and the technology and services that are directly related to water consumption.
"In the U.S. it's necessary to move potable water over distances greater than the length of U.K., " says Richard Manning, a Brit who runs the building products operation.
Material safety includes access to things like potable water, food and health services while legal safety includes redress for human rights violations, non-discrimination, and unhindered access to justice.
Critics of desalination agree, adding that such high costs are preventing those U.S. cities that are actually transforming seawater into potable water from fully utilizing their existing facilities.
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In a letter to public attorneys general on Tuesday, the Arara tribe said that they were concerned about the quality of potable water derived from the Xingu River, an Amazon tributary.
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And the aim is to replicate this model throughout the remote 3, 000 islands of Sulawesi, where inhabitants are often living without access to electricity, fuel, education, health services, or potable water.
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The rising global population (estimated to grow from 7 billion to 9 billion by mid-century) together with economic growth in emerging markets will mean burgeoning demand for both potable water and food.
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The state government confesses it can no longer supply potable water free of charge, and has introduced monthly fixed charges - but only residents in affluent neighbourhoods, like Victoria Island, Lekki and Ikoyi, pay.
"But we feel such innovations will make a difference to our endeavor to supply potable water in our programs, and we would like to see a successful outcome from the research work, " he said.
"The outbreak is likely to continue as the water and sanitation situation is worsening, with severe shortages of potable water, sewage and waste disposal problems reported in most of the populated areas, " the statement said.
The company uses patented technology to manufacture atmospheric water generators which, in certain geographic climates, can take humidity from the atmosphere and convert it into as much as 1200 liters of clean, potable water per day.
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These astounding price tags reflect the increased costs for providing health care and accessing potable water (both for households and agricultural purposes) and the related decrease in tourism dollars, since places with poor sanitation are less attractive to travellers.
Humanitarian agencies said some 5.4 million people affected by the typhoon urgently need food, potable water and shelter after Bopha wiped out 90 percent of houses in the worst-hit towns in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.
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In absorption mode, the cloth can hold 340 percent of its own weight -- compared to just 18 percent without the polymer's aid -- and when it warms up, it releases the collected moisture as clean and pure potable water.
Today everyone in the city, including in the slums, has access to potable water, only 7% of the water is "lost" (comparatively, in London 28% of the water is not metered or billed for) and the public utility is making money.
Japan also needs to ramp up disaster relief preparations, including getting food and potable water and medicine ready for quick transport to different locations in the country and getting relief services workers ready and making plans for distribution of materials and services.
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