/channels/news_feeds/all/term/water%20scarcity/rss en /channels/channels/news/water-preserving-precious-commodity-330150 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>To mark World Water Day (March 22), Bioresource Engineering Professor <b>Chandra Madramootoo</b> a member of the steering committee of the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture – expands on the theme of this year’s World Water Day: Valuing Water, and describes the goals of the federal government’s Canada Water Agency, which is in the process of being created. He is contributing to this effort<b>.  </b></p> <p><strong><a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/water-preserving-a-precious-commodity/" target="_blank"><i>Ã山ǿ¼é Reporter</i></a></strong></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/chandra-madramootoo-2.jpg?itok=JU99WP_Y" width="160" height="120" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:54:38 +0000 webfull 169581 at /channels /channels/news/reducing-water-scarcity-possible-2050-238526 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Water scarcity is not a problem just for the developing world. In California, legislators are currently proposing a $7.5 billion emergency water plan to their voters; and U.S. federal officials last year warned residents of Arizona and Nevada that they could face cuts in Colorado River water deliveries in 2016.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/waterstrategies_basin_natgeo_2.jpg?itok=j6Nhwl3U" width="160" height="93" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:23:09 +0000 webfull 104869 at /channels