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    Water Conservation: 1. Agriculture

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    Water conservation involves reducing water usage rather than increasing supply since water is a finite resource. This can be done through more efficient agricultural irrigation techniques, government policies like water pricing and metering, industrial recycling and reuse, sustainable settlements that collect rainwater, educational campaigns, and domestic practices in the home like shorter showers and not leaving taps running. Conservation methods must also address solutions like dams, water transfers, ecosystem restoration, non-governmental organization schemes, privatization issues, technologies, and reducing the virtual water footprint.

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    Water conservation involves reducing water usage rather than increasing supply since water is a finite resource. This can be done through more efficient agricultural irrigation techniques, government policies like water pricing and metering, industrial recycling and reuse, sustainable settlements that collect rainwater, educational campaigns, and domestic practices in the home like shorter showers and not leaving taps running. Conservation methods must also address solutions like dams, water transfers, ecosystem restoration, non-governmental organization schemes, privatization issues, technologies, and reducing the virtual water footprint.

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    Water conservation involves reducing water usage rather than increasing supply since water is a finite resource. This can be done through more efficient agricultural irrigation techniques, government policies like water pricing and metering, industrial recycling and reuse, sustainable settlements that collect rainwater, educational campaigns, and domestic practices in the home like shorter showers and not leaving taps running. Conservation methods must also address solutions like dams, water transfers, ecosystem restoration, non-governmental organization schemes, privatization issues, technologies, and reducing the virtual water footprint.

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    Water Conservation

    Water conservation involves trying to reduce the amount of water used, rather than increasing supply, vital
    as water is finite and therefore probably more sustainable.
    This can be done in different ways:

    1. Agriculture

    More efficient irrigation stop doing flood irrigation as it is wasteful


    Drip irrigation and spray technology should be used
    Fertigration has been used in the US and Israel

    2. Government policies

    Rising water prices and the introduction of water meters


    Conserve wetland environments so saving more water

    3. Industry

    Recycling water and reusing it

    4. Settlements

    Bedzed almost all water falling here is collected and reused. All appliances used are done to
    water efficient
    Dongtan, China have 2 water systems going into homes, 1 for drinking water and 1 with grey
    water for gardens and toilets

    5. Education

    In Stigomta, Sweden, they hold an annual 'Pee Outside Day' which saves 50 percent of the water
    normally used to flush a toilet.
    17th April in US have pee outside day, started in Atlanta in 2007
    Slogans if its brown flush it down, if its yellow let it mellow

    6. Domestic

    Fit a low flush toilet, or put a water filled plastic bottle in your toilet tank
    Shorten your showers by 1-2 minutes
    Turn the tap off when brushing your teeth
    When washing the dishes by hand dont leave the water running
    Put only full loads in the washing machine and dishwasher
    Keep a bottle of drinking water in the fridge, rather than running the tap to get cold water
    Water the garden at cool parts of the day
    Try harvesting water, by catching it in water butts
    Drive your car onto the lawn to wash it!!

    Remember
    Also you must revise the following water solution policies:
    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.
    6.

    Dams 3 gorges, Aswan


    Transfers S-N china, Ebro River Spain, Turkey and Israel ( 2 as a min)
    Restoration Aral sea, River Kissimmee
    NGOs schemes Water aid
    Water privatisation - Bolivia
    Technology desalinisation, GM crops

    7. Virtual water

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