Sentence examples for poor water management from inspiring English sources

The drought has exacerbated problems caused by poor water management, climate change and rapid population growth.

Poor water management, with much of the water used for irrigation lost through poor pipes and drainage, has not helped.

Poor water management already kills millions of people a year and condemns hundreds of millions to hunger.

The causes of land degradation are varied, but are widely attributed to drought, climate change, intensive farming practices and poor water management.

Nowhere has embraced the idea of sponge cities as enthusiastically as China, perhaps because few countries are wrestling so painfully with the twin problems of rapid urbanisation and poor water management.

This week, President Evo Morales declared a national emergency, after the combined impact of the El Niño weather cycle, poor water management and climate change helped cause the country's worst drought in 25 years.

Parts of Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey are facing desertification, or the degradation of once-fertile soil, because of overbuilding, overgrazing, poor water resource management and an explosion in hothouse agriculture.

An emergency water shortage can be caused by prolonged drought, poor water supply management, or contamination of a surface water supply source or aquifer.

The Aral Sea became a hallmark of poor agricultural water management in the Soviet era.

However, it can hardly make proper use of the resources due to poor internal water management practices.

Though most schemes are operational, many do not operate at full capacity, due to design failures, excessive siltation, poor agronomic and water management practices, and weak local institutions.