Worldwide, water consumption is already ahead of sustainable supply and is growing at 2.2% annually.
U.S. food exports to China require an 18% per year increase in water consumption.
In its own facilities, Facebook has reduced water consumption with dual-flush toilets and motion-sensor faucets.
EPDs show shoppers key facts like greenhouse gas emissions generated, water consumption, and pollution impact.
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Irrigation of crops and golf courses and other landscaping takes up 31.2% of water consumption.
Local and federal authorities are also preparing a national campaign to raise public awareness of water consumption.
Much of the rise in water consumption for irrigation will affect regions already suffering from water scarcity.
From the beginning this body's brief was to put human water consumption second to the rivers' environmental health.
"People can reduce their water consumption, be more wise when it comes to water use, " said Al Madfaei.
Low-flow fixtures inside the building cut water consumption by 42% and GE eliminated outside landscape irrigation, accoding to the company.
Together, the amount of energy tied to water consumption totals just under half of all the energy this country uses.
He points to a project the firm completed in Dubuque, Iowa, where households were offered access to information about their water consumption.
Or "Virtual Water, " a wall chart which transforms arcane UNESCO data about water usage into a simple explainer about water consumption.
The London committee is doing wonders to limit energy and water consumption.
Regarding water consumption, the company is now building a water footprint management system along similar lines to what they have done for carbon.
Installing water meters at a hundred of the local authority's main buildings have reduced emissions linked to water consumption by 51% since 2007-08.
This dietary shift has had the greatest impact on human water consumption over the past 30 years and is showing no sign of abating.
In addition to managing your filters, the aforementioned app also offers a personalized hydration coach that'll remind you of your daily water consumption needs.
But when Chouinard counseled Walmart on sustainability, the retail behemoth found it actually saved money through environmental initiatives, like reducing its packaging and water consumption.
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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.
The recent years of drought, millions of gallons of water lost through leaky pipes and rising rates of water consumption are all problems faced by the water companies.
The Disney investment is also noteworthy because it fits within a broader portfolio of actions by the company to cut energy and water consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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And of course, reducing water consumption does not mitigate concerns about prolonging our reliance on fossil fuels or the inherently ugly nature of extractive industry, especially for local neighbors.
Faculty at the University of Georgia have invented an easy-to-use, GPS-based technology that allows farmers to more accurately target irrigation needs, reducing water consumption by an average of 15 percent.
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California's Department of Water Resources says it would like ocean water desalination to add 500, 000 acre-feet a year of water to the Golden State's supplies, a modest amount compared with California's overall water consumption.
Instead, Iannelli believes that the most practical solution is for the desalination process to become more energy efficient, in conjunction with an effort by the Emiratis themselves to curb their "lavish" water consumption habits.
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This loan will fund a comprehensive energy retrofit project that, when completed, will enhance quality of life for the residents, reduce energy costs, cut water consumption, improve indoor air quality, and create quality local jobs.
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Best estimates of future global agricultural water consumption (including both rainfed and irrigated agriculture), are of an increase of about 19% by 2050, but this could be much higher if crop yields and the efficiency of agricultural production do not improve dramatically.
Even relatively water-rich countries of the region, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Bhutan and Papua New Guinea, now face water supply and quality constraints in their major cities because of population growth, growing water consumption, environmental degredation, damaging agricultural activities, poor management of water catchment areas, industrialization, and groundwater overuse.
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