water development
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈwɔːtər dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
- Specialized
:
desarrollo hídrico
- By the sixth decade, the public began to consider in more detail the environmental aspects of water development in a small but growing number of directions.
- water development projects
Examples
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4. Regional Desalinization and other water development projects.
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Initiatives for water development aim to enhance irrigation systems for local farmers.
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First, water beneath Spring Valley, Nevada, should flow into Snake Valley, Utah; thus, water development in Nevada can impact water availability in Utah.
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Water development underpins food security, people's livelihoods, industrial growth, and environmental sustainability throughout the world.
Academic text (2003) -
Geography, for example, usually gives an advantage to the upper watercourse state, which will not feel the adverse effects of water development projects, such as the decrease in quality and quantity of water.
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Furthermore, the lower watercourse states cannot prevent upstream water development projects by arguing that their established rights are being infringed upon.
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The difficulties in satisfying human demands for water are compounded by the implications of water development for the planet's freshwater ecosystems.
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Although some hopeful trends in water use have emerged in the past few decades, the probabilities of lessening the ecological impacts of future water development remain uncertain at best.
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Although some development in Spring Valley, Nevada, might be sustainable and have little impact on Utah, large-scale water development in Snake Valley could rapidly deplete groundwater resources.
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The greatest proportion of MIDP's expenditures was on water development because a domestic water supply for expanding settlements has always been a local priority, and its smaller soil conservation program was useful in supplementing local efforts.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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3.0
A plan to manage rivers and lakes, like building a dam or irrigation system
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3.3
A plan to manage and improve water for a town or region
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'water development' is directly compositionally derived from 'water' (the resource) + 'development' (the process of making resources more useful); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to improving or managing water resources. This noun-noun compounding follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and does not involve idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so its meaning is immediately transparent.
Etymology
Water development comes from the plain idea of development: people making a place's water useful by digging wells, building dams, or opening canals to bring water to fields and homes. So, water development means 'improving or managing water' to help people and farms.