On the other hand, almost all smallholder cocoa is grown without irrigation in high - rainfall areas, so the water used in production of the cocoa is close to zero (apart from a small
amount of water used in processing).
It requires more water, on average, to generate the electricity that lights our rooms, powers our computers and TVs, and runs our household appliances, than the
total amount of water we use in our homes for everyday tasks — washing dishes and clothes, showering, flushing toilets, and watering lawns and gardens.
The Coca - Cola Company and its global bottling partners (the Coca - Cola system) have met their goal to replenish, or in other words balance, the
equivalent amount of water used in their global sales volume back to nature and communities.
In recent years, some growers already have dramatically reduced the amount of water and synthetic fertilizer they use by practicing precision farming techniques, such as drip irrigation, which reduces the
overall amount of water used and therefore nitrate runoff.
For example, the
large amount of water used to grow apples or irrigate rice or roast coffee is also wasted if the end - product is lost along the way.
This is due to the
exorbitant amount of water used to grow the food for the livestock, the water they drink and are bathed in and then the water used to try to wash the blood, urine and feces out of the flesh to be sold in grocery stores.
In fact, what the Berkeley report does well is talk about water in holistic life - cycle terms, i.e. what is the total
amount of water used in the life - cycle of the good or service in its production.
Recognizing that
the amount of water used by showers, dishwashers, and toilets was predictable, Israel turned its national sewage supply into an enormous alternative source of water.
HS: Hi Melanie - it definitely has body, and you can control the thickness with
the amount of water you use.
Alternatively, you can make this on the stovetop as well, but may need to adjust
the amount of water used.
You could try reducing
the amount of water you use by half, or maybe even omit it altogether!
Honestly,
the amount of water used in this recipe is the same as the «Jello jiggler» recipe which basically is just using about half the amount of water that you would typically use if you were making a regular batch of jello (1 1/4 cup instead of 2 cups) so it is pretty sturdy once you unmold it.
You may just need to experiment with
the amount of water you use?
And conservation efforts initiated in 2008 have reduced
the amount of water used company - wide to produce a gallon of wine from 9.1 gallons to 3.9.
I would keep the ratio to no less than 1/4 of
the amount of water used.
First, keep
the amount of water you use when grinding the beans to an absolute minimum.
The amount of water used will change depending on your choice of flours, so simply use enough to create a workable dough that is not too sticky.
New figures released by FDF show that these food and drink manufacturers have significantly reduced
the amount of water used in the production of -LSB-...]
At our Havre de Grace, Maryland plant, we're working to reduce
the amount of water used in the pasteurization process, saving approximately 2,500 gallons of water a day.
I have a really heavy flow and am thinking
the amount of water I use on soaking and washing my pads is a bit ridiculous.
It automatically adjusts
the amount of water it uses to the size of a bottle.
These devices reduce
the amount of water used per flush.
High efficiency washers base
the amount of water they use on the weight of the laundry load, so this makes the washer think that more water is needed.
The amount of water used to wash the diapers is about the same as flushing the toilet 5 times a day which the child will doing when they are potty trained.
Special Note on Load Size and Detergent Amounts: For top loading washers,
the amount of water you use and the amount of detergent you use can be critical in whether or not your diapers get clean.
Front loaders base
the amount of water used on the weight in the machine — dump a soaking wet towel in the load, and it tricks the machine into using more water.
I intend to measure
the amount of water I use throughout the week and compare it to the water usage of my current Wash Routine.
Stief says that his company washes three days worth of a customer's diapers with
the amount of water used in a single toilet flush.
Warming in the 21st century reduced Colorado River flows by at least 0.5 million acre - feet, about
the amount of water used by 2 million people for one year, according to new research from the University of Arizona and Colorado State University.
According to a report published today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the method generates a large amount of hydrogen compared to
the amount of water used.
I've been mindful of
the amount of water I use when making a pot of coffee ever since learning that one - third of the tap water used for drinking in North America is actually used to brew our daily cups of joe — and that if each of us avoided wasting just one cupful of coffee a day, we could save enough water over the course of a year to provide two gallons to every one of the more than 1.1 billion people who don't have access to freshwater at all.
Yet, many people can reduce
the amount of water they use to irrigate without sacrificing a nice lawn, she said.
«Dairies vary widely in
the amount of water used to cool cows,» explained lead investigator Jennifer M. Chen, of the Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, but using more water results in diminishing returns and minimizing water use is a sustainability concern for US dairy production.
Last year, Pavley authored a bill requiring the oil industry to report
the amount of water used during hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a well stimulation technique where water and chemicals are injected deep underground to break up rock and free oil and gas deposits.
And farmers are always experimenting with new technology that will allow them to optimize
the amount of water they use to achieve the highest crop yields, since it takes electricity to pump the water from deep underground and this is an important cost to them.
However, technical challenges and concerns over cost and
the amount of water used in these systems has limited their use.
One of the problems with previous methods was that the amount of energy produced in, for example, a system using salty and less salty water to generate electricity, was too small relative to
the amount of water used.
Depending on the product, a retailer may make these claims according to
the amount of water used in a washing machine or the environmental impact of a textile factory.