This is not to deny that the supply of fresh water is getting tight.

55 196. International Year of Freshwater, 2003

1. Proclaims the year 2003 as the International Year of Freshwater

Most of the world's fresh water is frozen in ice sheets.

56 192. Status of preparations for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003

About of the catchment is in Turkey, in Armenia, in Georgia, in Azerbaijan, and about are in Iran.

Most fresh water, about 68.7 , is present as ice in ice caps and glaciers.

These rivers provide freshwater and other natural resources to the city.

So, is a global fresh water crisis looming?

One new factor influencing water supplies is rising global temperature.

But such is the nuclear industry s water intensity that EDF withdraws up to 19 billion cubic meters of water per year from rivers and lakes, or roughly half of France s total freshwater consumption. Freshwater scarcity is a growing international challenge, and the vast majority of countries are in no position to approve of such highly water intensive inland based energy systems.

Freshwater scarcity is a growing international challenge, and the vast majority of countries are in no position to approve of such highly water intensive inland based energy systems.

57 252. Activities undertaken in preparation for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003

It is an important source of fresh water in the east of the country.

So, is a global fresh water crisis looming?

The central dilemma of nuclear power in an increasingly water stressed world is that it is a water guzzler, yet vulnerable to water.

Hydrography Quebec has one of the world's largest reserves of fresh water, occupying 12 of its surface.

We will also face riverbank erosion, sea water level rise and lack of fresh water in the coastal zones.

And, because they rely on seawater, they cause no freshwater scarcity.

Prospek ke depannya pun tidak kalah mengkhawatirkan krisis air dan banjir bandang yang memburuk serta persediaan air di waduk waduk yang menyusut.

In Israel the Rift Valley is dominated by the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee (an important freshwater source also known as Lake Tiberias and Lake Kinneret), and the Dead Sea.

But such is the nuclear industry s water intensity that EDF withdraws up to 19 billion cubic meters of water per year from rivers and lakes, or roughly half of France s total freshwater consumption.

Recalling its resolution 55 196 of 20 December 2000, in which it proclaimed 2003 the International Year of Freshwater, and its resolution 56 192 of 21 December 2001 on the status of preparations for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003,

I do not envy future generations for having to address the possible ramifications of global warming and fresh water depletion.

Noting the ongoing work in the United Nations system and the work of other intergovernmental organizations on freshwater,

It has 3 of the world's renewable fresh water, whereas it has only 0.1 of its population.

Yet pollution, climate change, and seawater intrusion are diminishing supplies of fresh water at similar rates.

(b) Miscellaneous supplies

But we could very soon end up not having enough of the fresh water that accounts for just 3 of all the water available on our planet.

The bad news about mega droughts and freshwater scarcity stretches from Brazil to California to conflict ridden countries in the Middle East.

Less than 0.3 of all freshwater is in rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere, and an even smaller amount of the Earth's freshwater (0.003 ) is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products.

That fish lives in fresh water.

Salmon lay their eggs in fresh water.

Thus far, Petroperú's response efforts to mitigate the damage (supply food and water to locals) have proved inadequate.

Recalling its resolution 55 196 of 20 December 2000, in which it proclaimed 2003 as the International Year of Freshwater,

Recalling its resolution 55 196 of 20 December 2000, by which it proclaimed the year 2003 the International Year of Freshwater,

5. Requests the Secretary General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty seventh session a progress report on the preparations for the International Year of Freshwater.

9. Supplies and services

I. Supplies and services

Nature s water replenishment capacity is fixed, limiting the world s usable freshwater resources to about 200,000 cubic kilometers.

There are huge resources of fresh water, but most is in ice sheets and glaciers, with only a small percentage readily available where and when we need it.

Already by the 1930s, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk were lacking water forcing the authorities to gradually create a network of canals and reservoirs.

The delivery will be made before the end of September.

4. Requests the Secretary General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty seventh session an interim report on the activities undertaken in preparation for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003.

But even with those measures, Israel still needed about 1.9 billion cubic meters (2.5 billion cubic yards) of freshwater per year and was getting just 1.4 billion cubic meters (1.8 billion cubic yards) from natural sources.