Water Rhapsody » irrigation http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za est. 1994 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:46:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 World Water bankruptcy looms as demand outstrips Population Growth http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2010/10/05/world-water-bankruptcy/ http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2010/10/05/world-water-bankruptcy/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:07:01 +0000 admin http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/?p=1272 The world is heading toward “water bankruptcy” as demand for the precious commodity outstrips even high population growth, a new report warned on Friday. In less than 20 years water scarcity could lose the equivalent of the entire grain crops of India and the United States, said the World Economic Forum report, [...]]]> http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2010/10/05/world-water-bankruptcy/feed/ 0 Is the Grass Greener in California? http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2010/02/19/is-the-grass-greener-in-california/ http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2010/02/19/is-the-grass-greener-in-california/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:35:22 +0000 admin http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/?p=794 Green is good — right? Not necessarily when it comes to lawns, according to a new study by UCI researchers. For the first time, scientists compared the amount of greenhouse gases stored by ornamental turfgrass to the amount emitted in the irrigation, fertilizing and mowing of the same plots.

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