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...Fortunately, even a drier, more crowded world should still have enough water to meet its needs, provided the supply is regulated well on both national and international levels. That can include stiffer regulations against industrial pollution (plus policies that ensure dirty water is employed for nonvital uses like landscaping) and more efficient agricultural practices, such as drip irrigation, that would cut down on the enormous amount of water wasted in farming. More rational pricing of water, even in poor nations, can help reduce misuse on the farms and in the cities...
...much of a difference either - if the pine needles' pores are closed to prevent water loss, CO2 simply won't get in. Even more worrisome, the PNAS study doesn't take into account possible changes in precipitation patterns in a warmer future, which many climate models say could be drier, exacerbating the impacts of higher temperatures. "We can envision the landscape getting hammered over and over again," says Breshears...
...happening in Orange County, Calif., all the more important. One of the richest residential areas in the country, the Los Angeles suburb is known for swimming pools, golf courses and lush lawns - all of which need water. But like much of Southern California, Orange County is dry and getting drier, and the aquifer from which the county pumps much of its water is slowly draining. Importing water from wetter Northern California is an option, but an expensive one (at least $530 per acre-foot, or about 326,000 gal., of water). Meanwhile, population growth means that officials have...
Water-strapped Singapore already uses a similar process to augment its reservoirs, and water managers from around the globe have been visiting Orange County to study GRS. Especially in the drier parts of the world - such as the American Southwest, northern China amd the Middle East - water recycling could be a way to allow development without turning to even more expensive methods of water reclamation, like desalinization. But what we really need to do is treat water as the limited resource it is, first by limiting pollution, then by reusing it as much as possible. The U.N.'s Barlow - whose...
...home, the UC honored teachers with the new Levenson Awards and convinced Harvard to maintain summer storage. One of the UC’s sweetest successes during its first five years was the addition of chocolate milk to dining hall machines. Alas, it also had to deal with drier administrative issues like Ad Board and calendar reform. In 1995, the UC began popular presidential elections, and students voiced their desire for more on-campus comforts. For example, the administration of Beth A. Stewart ’00 saw the start of Fly-By and cable in house common rooms. Since...