Sentences with phrase «by river water»

It was like Thoreau's comment that finding a trout in the milk is strong evidence that the milk has been diluted by river water.

Not exact matches

Such withdrawals aren't subject to review by the compact's governing bodies, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Water Resources Regional Body, as long as the withdrawal consumes less than 5 million gallons daily.

The Slingshot, a purification system developed by American inventor Dean Kamen, CEO of DEKA Research & Development, can take any type of dirty water — be it river water, contaminated H2O, even raw sewage — and make it clean and consumable.

Blessed with warm sunny weather all year round (roughly 300 days of sunshine a year), ringed by the Atlantic Ocean on one side and protected on the other by the calm, deep - blue waters of the Tagus River (the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula), this traditionally sophisticated city seems to have itRiver (the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula), this traditionally sophisticated city seems to have itriver in the Iberian Peninsula), this traditionally sophisticated city seems to have it all.

The residents of the pretty houses set back from West Royalty's narrow streets may not live by one of Charlottetown's rivers, but they see no reason to bring the water to them: only 2.4 % have private pools.

The Great Man - Made River was a multi-billion-dollar scheme promoted by Gadhafi to divert water from underground aquifers to towns and cities.

The guard tower at an evacuated Texas State prison unit in Rosharon, Texas, is submerged by water from the flooded Brazos River in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, September 1, 2017.

A body was found by a fisherman in the Grand River on Saturday, 14 kilometres from where Kaden Young was swept into rushing waters in February.

The Bennett Dam built by BC on the Peace River has done huge actual damage to one of the largest fresh water deltas in the world (The Peace — Athabasca Delta, UNESCO World Heritage Site).

Laws related to drinking water, elections, financial transparency, matrimonial property, land surrenders and the removal of protections for lakes and rivers were passed in spite of strong opposition by First Nations.

The pipeline goes over mountains, across farmland, over the Fraser and Skeena rivers, and straight through the Great Bear Rainforest to the Pacific where it will be picked up by supertankers trying to navigate our inland coastal waters,» said New Democrat environment critic Rob Fleming.

The contamination could have started as early as April 2014 when an emergency manager decided to cut costs by making the Flint River the city's water source.

And the last book of the Bible prophetically pointed to the gradual depletion of religion, that is false religion, by its members at Revelation 16, which says: «And the sixth one (of seven angels) poured out his bowl (symbolizing God's anger) upon the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.»

And if, there being no water, because the camel will have drunk it all up, you thirst for wine from the river of wine that is flowing by, you will become intoxicated from drinking pure wine and collapse under the influence of the strong drink and fall asleep.

Can one share them with people in the river valleys of middle America, people whose homes, property, personal possessions, and even family members have been destroyed by the flood waters of 1993?

A dam can also be made by a dead tree falling in a river, followed by backfilling of smaller branches and stones, tumbled into place by the water.

Like a tree by the side of a river seeks out more ways to send its roots to the life - giving water, so we too must seek as many avenues as possible to dig into God's river of love and strength and peace.

Pagans who worshipped Odin, believed in Isis and Mithra, believing that natural guilt and corruption of their new - born children could be washed away by sprinkling them with water, or by plunging them, as soon as born, into lakes or rivers.

The task was not to defend the particular stream of Christianity in which my students had first touched the waters of baptism, but to show them that it was fed by a vast river stretching back two millennia.

Renuka assists the Rishi in his performance of the puja by fetching water from the river Ganga.

Yam - Nahar (perhaps because the primary source of water was thought to be in the seas and rivers) was the first to attempt to build himself a palace, but he was attacked and defeated by Baal.

Babylonia was rich in its alluvial soil, the age - long deposit of the Euphrates and the Tigris, those two great rivers that year after year unceasingly carried their load of silt to a resting - place, first in the Persian Gulf, then in the swamps that were slowly forming, and at length in the plain which gradually emerged from the waters, though at inundation each year it once again was claimed by the floods that had made it.

One day, God will use fire to purify the earth, and all the nations will be healed in the shade of the Tree of Life, watered by an unpolluted river.

It is said that you can not teach anyone what they do not know already; and Jesus, being a good teacher, has reached back into the tradition that he shares with the young man and pointed out what both of them know: If you would be like a tree planted by rivers of water, learn to know, love, and obey the Law of God.

In the early church, a person would be baptized, perhaps in a river, by immersion, and Baptists continue to dip the whole body under water.

He may have despised the simple catechism of his German congregation, just as we «moderns» take offense at the minimalistic theology of many of the folk who inhabit our standard - brand churches, but he knew also that they had a great deal to teach the young pastor by virtue of having surveyed the land «across the river» and having dared to cross the chilly waters of Jordan with a sense of divine protection.

Mitt Romney's first job after College was to work for Monsanto and help them improve their Corporate image after getting cuaght dumping known cancer causing PCB's into the rivers and water ways around the Great Lakes... So did the families that came down with cancer from drinking water contaminated by those dumped PCB's chemicals commite a sin against God... or did Monsanto commite the sin by dumping them?

Some of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is absorbed by water in oceans and rivers.

One of the most remarkable parallels is the story concerning Sargon I, king of Assyria about 1200 years before Moses, who was said to have been set in a basket of rushes, its lid sealed with bitumen, and cast into the river, from which he was rescued by a «drawer of water.»

And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.

In Minangkabau, on the west coast of central Sumatra, Muharram is called «coffin - month,» a reference to the Shi'a custom of commemorating Husain's death by carrying a symbolic coffin through the streets and throwing it into a river or other body of water.

Surely this suggests a point where the sea would be purified by the fresh water flowing in from the Jordan River — and this is just where Qumran is.

So like a gardener, God makes trees grow in the garden (v9), God brings water to the trees by constructing rivers (V10 - 14), and God brings in animals / birds into the garden to have Man name them.

The «river stones» used to cook the soup are smooth stones, usually polished over centuries by moving water, that are about four inches wide and two inches thick.

By protecting and restoring rivers, wetlands and floodplains within the Basin, environmental water holders and managers also help maintain strong communities and a productive economy.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder makes water available for delivery by State environmental water holders and managers, non-Government organisations, their local delivery partners and river operaWater Holder makes water available for delivery by State environmental water holders and managers, non-Government organisations, their local delivery partners and river operawater available for delivery by State environmental water holders and managers, non-Government organisations, their local delivery partners and river operawater holders and managers, non-Government organisations, their local delivery partners and river operators.

In Victoria, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder makes water available for delivery by the Victorian Environmental Water Holder and the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, in consultation with Goulburn Murray Water — the local river operWater Holder makes water available for delivery by the Victorian Environmental Water Holder and the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, in consultation with Goulburn Murray Water — the local river operwater available for delivery by the Victorian Environmental Water Holder and the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, in consultation with Goulburn Murray Water — the local river operWater Holder and the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, in consultation with Goulburn Murray Water — the local river operWater — the local river operator.

Between July 2012 and June 2013, over 1000 GL held by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (770 GL) and The Living Murray program (289 GL)-- including return flows from the Victorian rivers — is expected to have been delivered.

This coordinated effort enables the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder to manage water in the national interest by improving the connectivity between the highly variable natural systems of the Murray - Darling Basin's rivers, floodplains and wetlWater Holder to manage water in the national interest by improving the connectivity between the highly variable natural systems of the Murray - Darling Basin's rivers, floodplains and wetlwater in the national interest by improving the connectivity between the highly variable natural systems of the Murray - Darling Basin's rivers, floodplains and wetlands.

It's really a sight as the clear river water swirls around the top of the watermelon, just off the bank with some stragically placed rocks placed nearby to stop it from being taken downstream and picked off by someone in a cabin in the next county.

Commonwealth Environmental Water Portfolio Management Plan: Macquarie River Valley 2017 - 18 sets intentions for 2017 — 18 in a multi-year context by identifying the longer - term flow regime to meet environmental demands, documenting what has occurred in the previous three years and considering the implications of 2017 — 18 intentions for demands in future years.

The Menindee Lakes are currently being managed by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries — Water to conserve the currently limited water supply for local towns, water users and the environment of the regulated Lower Darling RWater to conserve the currently limited water supply for local towns, water users and the environment of the regulated Lower Darling Rwater supply for local towns, water users and the environment of the regulated Lower Darling Rwater users and the environment of the regulated Lower Darling River.

Commonwealth Environmental Water Portfolio Management Plan: Lachlan River 2017 - 18 sets intentions for 2017 - 18 in a multi-year context by identifying the longer - term flow regime to meet environmental demands, documenting what has occurred in the previous three years and considering the implications of 2017 - 18 intentions for demands in future years.

maintaining water quality within the River Murray valley by contributing to the transport and export of salt and nutrients

Both watering events were anticipated to provide additional social and economic benefits by flushing saline water downstream to the River Murray where it can be diluted by River Murray flows.

Watering actions were managed by the Mallee CMA, Goulburn Murray Water, Lower Murray Water and Murray Darling Basin Authority River Murray Operations, in consultation with the Hattah Lakes Operations Group and regional land managers.

DuPont Dordrecht also installed water purification technologies that allowed reuse of water, reduced consumption of purchased water, and eliminated water discharge into the Merwede River by 265,000 m3 (70 million US gallons).

An in - channel action was undertaken in the Lachlan River main stem to provide a specific hydrograph proposed by New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)- Fisheries to provide environmental water to support migration, spawning and recruitment of native fish, specifically golden perch.

Commonwealth environmental water is managed by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder to protect and restore rivers, wetlands and other environmental assets in the Murray - Darling Bwater is managed by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder to protect and restore rivers, wetlands and other environmental assets in the Murray - Darling BWater Holder to protect and restore rivers, wetlands and other environmental assets in the Murray - Darling Basin.

Commonwealth environmental water has been made available for use by the Nature Foundation South Australia between December 2013 and June 2016 at multiple sites along the South Australian River Murray.