Sentences with phrase «as nearby ponds»

A tanker holds between 12,000 and 17,000 gallons, with water fetched from «known water supplies such as nearby ponds and tanks,» he says.

Not exact matches

The agency determined, after extensive testing, that the shot was not contaminating the soil or a nearby channel feeding into two ponds as had been alleged by some residents, Joan Muraro, spokeswoman for the IEPA's Bureau of Water in Springfield, said Friday.

A farmer in the Chinese city of Taizhou (about 180 miles south of the city of Shanghai) brought traffic to a stop as he herded his flock of 5000 brown ducks down a highway towards a nearby pond where the ducks get a chase to feast on fish.

These include standards - based projects and assignments that require students to apply their knowledge and skills, such as designing a building or investigating the water quality of a nearby pond; clearly defined rubrics (or criteria) to facilitate a fair and consistent evaluation of student work; and opportunities for students to benefit from the feedback of teachers, peers, and outside experts.

Leash your pets if you have frozen ponds, lakes or rivers nearby, as loose pets can break through ice and quickly succumb to hypothermia before trained ice - rescue personnel can arrive.

This dependence on vast amounts of coal - fired power, on top of adding to our climate woes and air pollution issues, also has an impact on the communities surrounding coal plants, thanks to the insidious effects of coal ash (the leftover material from burning coal as a fuel) in disposal ponds, which often leak slowly into groundwater or which can «spill» into nearby rivers or lakes, polluting a natural resource that we all rely on.

With a variety of rivers, lakes and ponds, as well as beach access nearby, the urge to own a boat is strong in this tiny state.

Geothermal energy or ground - source heat pumps capitalize on the constant temperature of the ground or of a nearby water source such as a pond or lake.