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• Land and Water Conservation Fund — The United States Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is a Federal program that was established by Act of Congress in 1964 to provide monies and matching grants to federal, state and local governments for the acquisition of land and water,… …   Wikipedia

• Global Water Policy Project — The Global Water Policy Project (GWPP) was founded by Sandra Postel in 1994. The Project is an environmental research organisation based in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.Its aim is to promote the conservation and sustainable use of… …   Wikipedia

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• Water supply and sanitation in Yemen — is characterized by poor service quality and low levels of access, the latter being almost as low as in Sub Saharan Africa for sanitation. Yemen is both the poorest country and the most water scarce country in the Arab world. In addition, the… …   Wikipedia

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• Conservation Agriculture — [CA] can be defined by a statement given by the (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations) as “a concept for resource saving agricultural crop production that strives to achieve acceptable profits together with high and sustained… …   Wikipedia

• Water supply and sanitation in the United States — is provided by towns and cities, public utilities that span several jurisdictions and rural cooperatives. About 15 million Americans are served by their own wells. Public water supply and sanitation systems are regulated by state level regulatory …   Wikipedia

• Water export — Water exports involve exporting freshwater from one country to another. Large increases in human population and economic growth throughout the world during the twentieth century placed a huge stress on the world’s freshwater resources. Combined… …   Wikipedia

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• Water supply and sanitation in Israel — is intricately linked to the historical development of Israel in the context of scarce water resources. Because the coastal plain of historical Palestine had few water resources, Theodor Herzl already envisioned the transfer of water from the… …   Wikipedia

• Water Resources Development Act of 1986 — The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (WRDA 1986) is part of USPL|99|662, a series of acts enacted by Congress of the United States on November 17, 1986. [ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi bin/bdquery/D?d099:1:./temp/ bdVNjS:@@@D summ2=m… …   Wikipedia