water pollution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwaterandpollution
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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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pollution
noun[U]
uk/pəˈluː.ʃən/us/pəˈluː.ʃən/
damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful substances ...
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We also know that settling ponds are key tools for reducingwaterpollutionand the spread of disease.
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It therefore offers a rich data set of nearly two decades of readings on ambient air andwaterpollutionconcentrations.
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Most prior evidence relating plant size to pollution refers towaterpollution, rather than air pollution, and compares medium with large plants.
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Large differences in the estimates of firm-specific shadow prices of pollutants reflect the use of inefficientwaterpollutionabatement technologies.
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While the extent of the privatization process varies by country and sector, many large stationary sources of air orwaterpollutionremain to be privatized.
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Most studies focus on one or more forms of air orwaterpollution, or on measurements of public health like infant mortality rates.
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The municipal environment authorities are obligated to control air andwaterpollution.
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Such extra expenditure should be included in the totalwaterpollutioncost.
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To quantify the environmental cost ofwaterpollution, one would like to estimate statistical dose-response functions for all major pollution components.
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Transboundarywaterpollutionconcerns water-borne waste that crosses international political boundaries as a result of natural water flow.
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The research on environmental costs ofwaterpollutionis still in an infant stage where one is making the first cuts at the data.
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We find this question of interest since it allows us to indicate the magnitude and relative importance of various types of damages fromwaterpollution.
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One particularly difficult question is how to assess the fact thatwaterpollutionincreases the risk of early death.
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We illustrate to what extent costs ofwaterpollutionmay be estimated in developing countries without large investments in terms of time and money.
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Whether the concentration of livestock production results in adversewaterpollution, favorable soil nutrient repletion, or both remains to be established empirically.
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Faced with soil degradation,waterpollutionand biodiversity loss, the survey points to biotechnology as the embattled savior.
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It does indicate, however, that policymakers in developing countries should not assume that economic growth will automatically solve air andwaterpollutionproblems.
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It is also not unique in suffering high levels of air andwaterpollutionand facing severe threats to its biological resources.
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