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-**====Singapore's at risk for water shortages now, but they're taking steps to preventing them—tech is key====** |
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-**Yangchen 4/4** (Lin, The Straits Times, "Singapore gearing up for increasing water stress in Asia," 2016, http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/singapore-gearing-up-for-increasing-water-stress-in-asia) OS |
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-In 2000, about 800 million people in mainland Asia faced severe water shortages. |
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-Week conference, where Singapore shares its experience in overcoming its water vulnerabilities. |
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-====Desalinization is key in Singapore==== |
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-**Wong '15** (Kristine Wong is a regular contributor to TakePart and a multimedia journalist who reports on energy, the environment, sustainable business, and food. "Singapore Has No Natural Water Supply, but the Country Isn't Going Thirsty," 11/5, http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/11/05/singapores-solution-water-crisis) OS |
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-In just 10 years, two out of three people will be living in a |
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-new desalinization plants that together will meet 80 percent of demand in 2060. |
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-====Nuke power means large-scale desalination can come now but the plan reverses that—causes devastating shortages.==== |
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-**IAEA 15 **~~— widely known as the world's "Atoms for Peace" organization within the United Nations family. Set up in 1957 as the world's centre for cooperation in the nuclear field, the Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies, "New Technologies for Seawater Desalination Using Nuclear Energy," IEAE TecDoc Series, 2015~~ |
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- It is anticipated that by 2025, 33 of the world population, |
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-for coupling nuclear reactors and desalination systems for specific sites in the Mediterranean region |
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-====Water crises cause escalating global conflict.==== |
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-**Rasmussen 11** ~~(Erik, CEO, Monday Morning; Founder, Green Growth Leaders) "Prepare for the Next Conflict: Water Wars" HuffPo 4/12~~ |
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-For years experts have set out warnings of how the earth will be affected by |
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-and "business as usual" prevails, then water wars will accelerate. |