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<br />1'Lt17Iic; ~gnc~. l~I'ivate sector entities are ~1LtI'~' i~1< ~a I111t1~1tC;Ttlle CaI'ISGC'LtO
<br />fot' people, fat'I~Zing, ra.az~.u~~ctul°ing allcl coI1sEI°uCtiall as well as the palitieal ira.pac;:,
<br />la's r~,~Ltsi: ~ I~~°a~}~{~I1i_rot' ~el'onrll~~ll~r a~ci.~acl_ aroas, ~y 2~ .1 ~ ar s©,
<br />~~ states c I~cl sco~'es of e:i'cies ~~rill laa~Te trau~ial{~ meeting daily ~°resh~vatet' rlcecls.
<br />°osto~~I, haa'cll~r a cleser~:, is so clal•otaicall~r shalt of freshwater, i,t's E~Ltilcling
<br />~~ SeG031C~ ti~raiCl' C~CSalillcitlall plclll~ ~VOr1 aS t11C f1I'St IS ~L1St St~.I'~:II'Ig pI"aclLlGtlall.
<br />Tl~e ~~rho"e ~~~~rkl is ~7c1:til~~ ~ hirsti~r in the faG{~ of gloh~~l populaEion gI'a~vth
<br />c1i1C~ I'1St~1b StaI1C~~Y'Cl5 of ~1Vtrla ~:~.~.1: ~JaOSt C~,Ct11itI1Cl lal' feed, Cars, ~3Gt%CI` l:IOLlsillg, C~~~:C.
<br />~~1it11il~ a~3aLat ~Q ycat"s, China, II1.clia, SaL~th Africa c1I~ICl f31'azil will ~.c:GaL~nt~ l`ar c,•p°/a
<br />of thc~ ~varlcl's tivater Ltse, and unlike fossil :fL~els, Gvatel' l1aS n0 patel~ttal. SLl`~StLtLItC.
<br />inUCStI11{'I'It lI1 ~Vc1.tL'I' tecl~nala~~r ~~ICI iI'I11U~Tcl_'~lal3 p~1Lts CaI1SeI'vatlaYlc1I'e key
<br />1;0 n1arC C~f1ClOnt LflS(; av 1~~.i~.tCl°. Sevel'al dII'I115 c1I'C b4ral'l~ingron a ~lc~l'1t;i.~00f S(71L1t1canS~
<br />dater n~ana~en~etlt. IBM's PI'a~ect dig Green is creatil~g smal't grater grids
<br />wish sensors to I~lonital' consLtll~ptian allcl ~vatcl'shecls, It also keeps tabs
<br />an pipes and othel' infrastrLictLU'e to detect leafs ~.nd ~1vel't ~~-~tter n~Iain E~I'e~~lcs.
<br />AI~Iang firms wail{lllg an Sllndal' grid systems Sf1P, a Gea'nlan sok~twarc devclopet°,
<br />end Acllea, a sta~'t-up high-tech water m.anagamcnt ca~xlpany in Bethesda, ~rlct,
<br />An Is~'ael~l~ased start••Ltp, 'lyal~al~Ll, is rollilag out a system that it says will predict
<br />wl~cn a stTl~.ll leaf is aboLrE. to rulature pipes. And ItI•()n of Liberty l~alcc, '~asll.,
<br />is developing a rl~eter to .let sLtlapliel•s jLtclgc cansLilllptian needs second lay secancl
<br />anc~. Illake consumel•s aware of hacv rnL~cll ~v~~te~' they're Llsilag anti its cost.
<br />Gettil°t ~ a ri ~ on water flaw is ~a~"~~Inaunt...~vater~varks leek life sieves.
<br />IIl Ill., n~aore than b0°/a of the wrltel° that leaves treatment plants never gets to faucets.
<br />~lastewatet' tt'eatt~tant. The new ell~phasis is an recycling water' otl-site...
<br />a~t factories, office buildings, retail clevelopnlents, etc...ratlaer than at llLtge facilities
<br />l'ul`l by city and pt•ivate fit'n1s. Systetlls 1)G111g Clevelapecl by LL1)ienllaOlll'g's rpL~I'~I11at
<br />and lsracl's Ac1V41ise; will callvert neatly tU0% of a factot'y's wastewatcz° on-site,
<br />~vl~ile slashing d:lle ene~'gy needed to purif~r and transport water l,y as nlurh as SO%.
<br />To prcvellt groLlndwater contamina.tial~l, Veolia Utlatcl' Solutions ~ '1'echlzalagies
<br />of l+ ranee is working an a ~vay to l't;move metals and acids from industrial. ~~-aste,
<br />~GVitllirl ~l fe~v ye~lrs...extl'ZCtian of litl-Iiull~ fI•am w~~ste~vater far use in cap' i~attel°ies,
<br />Consel•vatian. ~ Iycll~aPaint Data Systellls 11c15 a S111a1`t irl°ivaiian schGl~lc
<br />fol° Santa CI~tI"ita, Calif. Sprinklel's in parks, meClians and sa all will apes°ate
<br />E~asecl an soil nlaistul"e l'eaclillgs, l'eclucing the city's tivater COnsul>rlptlOll by ~1 Q%.
<br />Archer Daniels NlidlZncl, Jol~z~ Deere and Cargill sire developing sin~ilat• systeia~,~
<br />fol' faa•a~aa~-s, Meal~~vhile, 1Vlansanta, a leading seed praCILiCCI', is clevelaping craps
<br />t.l`Ii1t lleeCl less Vir~tf;l' than callvel'li:iol~Ial ones p1LlS cl'al~s that gI'a~v in I~rackish ~VatCl'.
<br />Another, Syngenta, is clevisill.g corn and «-hec~t strains that nand ~Llst sips of ~~rCItCI°.
<br />Ir''.ntre a~ I, cne~i~'s era also gushing the e~~veloloe an seawater das~ilizaation.
<br />Seawater. is slaw 7~/° of the warlcl's daily supply...the slaG~l'e twill gl'aw as costs clI"op.
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