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water shortage

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meanings of waterand shortage


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water
noun
uk /ˈwɔː.tər/ us /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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shortage
noun[C]
uk /ˈʃɔː.tɪdʒ/ us /ˈʃɔːr.t̬ɪdʒ/
a situation in which there is not enough ...
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Examples of water shortage


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During this time, seedlings in the shadehouses were regularly relocated to avoid positioning effects, and watered frequently to avoid watershortage.
He explains that recent changes have drawbacks-from watershortage to the restructuring of family units to the breakup of neighborhood communities.
These include global warming, soil degradation, watershortage, changing agricultural technology, human capital, institutions and markets, and price.
Individual farmers built dams while the government sunk boreholes, but neither investment provided a permanent solution to the watershortage in the area.
More serious watershortage might require that irrigation blocks take turns to receive water.
These factors make the crop extremely susceptible to watershortage.
Towns have also lost development opportunities because of watershortage.
When watershortage is mild and considered temporary, rotation in the form of farmers within an irrigation block taking turns to receive water would suffice.
The cost of watershortage obviously depends on which industries are rationed and substitution possibilities within each industry.
In a broader sense, the same money can be spent differently to alleviate climate-change-induced malaria and watershortage even more.
During the terrestrial phase, the range of photosynthetic assimilation is smaller again, and reductions can occur that are probably related to watershortage in the driest months.
The watershortage was complicated by other factors as well, such as chemicals in the drinking water, waterborne disease, and the mixing of fresh water with sewage.
It was after these two events that the problem of watershortage began to be perceived as one of scarcity rather than as a problem of accessibility.
Water pollution therefore leads to watershortage.
But in the same area alongside these lands which become waterlogged you often find a watershortage.
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Public interest has been roused, especially of late, because of the inescapable evidence of the approach of an unprecedented watershortage.
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This long, hot summer, at the end of an unprecedented dry spell, has caused a watershortage of particular severity in some areas.
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In a watershortage, their workload doubles and if they collect poor water, the incidence of diseases such as typhoid fever increases.
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