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With the world facing an inevitable increase in water shortages in many parts of the globe, it will require innovative thinking to come up with solutions. Here are some innovative tools that offer ways to alleviate the problems of insufficient freshwater availability. SE200 Community Chlorine Maker Contaminated drinking water is a major problem throughout the …
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The things that most people think of when reducing water use are often domestic uses like sprinklers, showers, and toilets. However, the water hidden in the food we eat and the products we use make up a much larger portion of our total water consumption. Although we will always have plenty of water on Earth, …
The 1,450 mile Colorado River is the Southwest’s only major river, providing drinking water for about 40 million people as well as irrigation for close to six million acres of farmland. However, below average snowfall and drought conditions are causing a significant decrease in its freshwater resources. We have gathered 13 interesting facts about the …
Groundwater is an essential source of freshwater, accounting for about 30.1% of the world’s available freshwater. However, groundwater resources are being rapidly used up at an alarming and unsustainable rate in many areas of the world. A recent NASA study concluded that 21 of the largest 37 aquifers in the world have exceeded sustainability tipping …
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While the future is difficult to predict, available freshwater resources will certainly decrease in the coming years due to the increasing demand of a growing world population. Many areas of the world that are already experiencing a shortage of water resources will see their water issues worsen, causing hardships for millions. Here are 18 projections …
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Asia has three of the top five most populated countries in the world with China, India, and Indonesia accounting for over 3.75 billion people. All three countries face significant challenges in the present and future to provide enough freshwater needed for agriculture, energy, industrial, and domestic use. China With over 1.3 billion people, China faces …
San Diego recently invested a billion dollars into a desalination plant to convert Pacific Ocean saltwater into as much as 56 million gallons of drinking water per day. However, desalination is very energy intensive and produces waste products that can affect the environment. Could desalination help solve freshwater shortages in many parts of the globe? …
When most people think of major consumers of water resources they tend to focus on things that they can see like showers and lawn sprinklers. However, home water use is only the tip of the iceberg and a large majority of the water consumed is hidden from plain view. Here are some of the largest …
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On April 1st, California governor Jerry Brown made an executive order that requires cities and towns to cut 25% of water use (excluding agriculture) to save an estimated 1.5 million acre feet of water over the next 9 months. Here are 17 interesting facts about the longest California drought in over a century. The drought …
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While many parts of the world face major challenges due to limited freshwater availability, a significant amount of the limited freshwater resources in the world are contaminated by pollutants from industry, farming, energy generation, and other activities. Here are 15 interesting facts about water pollution. “The Mississippi River carries an estimated 1.5 million metric tons …
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