water shortage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwaterandshortage
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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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(Definition ofwaterandshortagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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During this time, seedlings in the shadehouses were regularly relocated to avoid positioning effects, and watered frequently to avoidwatershortage.
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He explains that recent changes have drawbacks-fromwatershortageto the restructuring of family units to the breakup of neighborhood communities.
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However, a new framework of a long term planing policy which would consider the severewatershortagewas not established.
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These include global warming, soil degradation,watershortage, changing agricultural technology, human capital, institutions and markets, and price.
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Individual farmers built dams while the government sunk boreholes, but neither investment provided a permanent solution to thewatershortagein the area.
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More seriouswatershortagemight require that irrigation blocks take turns to receive water.
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These factors make the crop extremely susceptible towatershortage.
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Towns have also lost development opportunities because ofwatershortage.
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Whenwatershortageis mild and considered temporary, rotation in the form of farmers within an irrigation block taking turns to receive water would suffice.
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The cost ofwatershortageobviously depends on which industries are rationed and substitution possibilities within each industry.
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In a broader sense, the same money can be spent differently to alleviate climate-change-induced malaria andwatershortageeven more.
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During the terrestrial phase, the range of photosynthetic assimilation is smaller again, and reductions can occur that are probably related towatershortagein the driest months.
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Thewatershortagewas complicated by other factors as well, such as chemicals in the drinking water, waterborne disease, and the mixing of fresh water with sewage.
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It was after these two events that the problem ofwatershortagebegan to be perceived as one of scarcity rather than as a problem of accessibility.
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Water pollution therefore leads towatershortage.
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But in the same area alongside these lands which become waterlogged you often find awatershortage.
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Public interest has been roused, especially of late, because of the inescapable evidence of the approach of an unprecedentedwatershortage.
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This long, hot summer, at the end of an unprecedented dry spell, has caused awatershortageof particular severity in some areas.
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In awatershortage, their workload doubles and if they collect poor water, the incidence of diseases such as typhoid fever increases.
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