Translation of "Wasserstress" in English

By 2070 the number of people affected by water stress could range from 16 to 44 million.

Inefficient municipal water supply systems can also contribute to water stress for rural communities.

Please click here for a list of the most water-stressed large cities around the world.

This can cause water stress in some places, depending on the local conditions.

In some regions this can contribute to water stress.

That would mean higher evapotranspiration rates, but also water stress for plants.

In dry years there is often water stress.

In future many more people, in Europe too, will be living under water stress conditions.

Water stress means an increasing risk of environmental problems and economic difficulties.

At present, about 2.5 billion people live under water stress.

To deal with the problem of water stress, experts prefer an interdisciplinary, holistic approach.

They may therefore disappear, either because of drought stress, or by asphyxia.

Drought stress also reduces the quantum yield of photosystem 2.

A usage level of the water resources above 20% is considered as water stress in international terms.

In most grain crops, flowering, pollination, and grain-filling are especially sensitive to water stress.

A water exploitation index of 20 % or above indicates the threshold of water stress.

In order to manage drought stress, the root must be “protected”

This also compromises assessments of regional water stress (i.e. degree of water scarcity, see Box).

Wheat - Flowering, pollination, and grain-filling sensitive to water stress.

Early notification can protect farmers against severe crop losses caused by factors such as water stress.

The degree of water scarcity, defined as the ratio of demand to availability, is known as water stress.

Food supplies are being disrupted in North Africa’s Sahel region and Central America; and water stress and scarcity are growing worse in North Africa and the Middle East.

Elsewhere in the region, water stress from reduced rainfall, salinity, glacial retreat, and desertification will hit water stocks, threaten livelihoods, and drive up food and water prices.

Today, about two billion people are water-stressed, meaning that they make do on less than 1,700 cubic meters (60,035 cubic feet) per year.

Climate change would also lead to increased water stress, which by 2020 could affect 75-250 million people in Africa alone.

Even at the lower estimate, the consequences of climate change could be severe in several parts of the world, including an increase in water stress, serious effects on ecosystems and food security, and threats to life and property as a result of coastal flooding.

The proposed package will contribute to address the problems of ecological status of EU waters, water stress and vulnerability to extreme events.

These EU wide water management problems are hampering the achievement of good status and the reduction of water stress and vulnerability to extreme events.

For water stress and vulnerability, concrete objectives have to be established at river basin level and integrated into the the 2nd round of RBMPs.