The phrase "adopt water" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to suggest taking on a water-related practice or policy, but without context, it is ambiguous.
Example: "In our efforts to promote sustainability, we need to adopt water conservation measures."
Alternatives: "implement water" or "embrace water".
Although Congress passed the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act in October requiring states to adopt water quality standards at least as stringent as the Environmental Protection Agency's by 2004, it encourages but does not require that states monitor their beaches or notify the public when water-quality standards are violated.
Cities and towns around the Bay Area are scrambling to meet the state-imposed deadline to adopt water conservation landscaping ordinances intended to drive down their outdoor usage — which in this region is usually 50 percent or more of total household use — and many are considering ordinances tougher than the model ordinance prepared by state officials.
Researchers in other countries continue to adopt water in their designs, in some cases as the leading or sole candidate.
This paper examines an institutional mechanism that offers an incentive to farmers to adopt water conservation measures, which in turn could reduce overall water use in irrigated agriculture within a selected basin.
Now the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPAA) would like to see the entire region adopt water quality standards similar to Oregon's.
The Environmental Protection Agency said it would wait until 2003 before requiring states to adopt water-pollution rules that were to have taken effect last year.
With its swift-flowing rivers and creeks, northern Delaware was among the earliest parts of the new United States to adopt water-powered industry.
A case in point from another part of the world is in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where farmer groups in over 700 communities agreed to collectively monitor groundwater levels, to plan their crop planting jointly and to adopt water-saving techniques.
If adopted water fee hikes will have risen by 77percentt since 2001.
In addition, the recently adopted Water Framework Directive (WFD) will have an additional impact on the control of urban pollution in particular related to storm overflows.
However, if the State Water Corporation adopts water supply management practices based on this technique then it will go a step in solving the age-long water supply problems in the town.
