Sentences with phrase «by water pressure»

If the fire department has to put out a fire next door and your house is damaged in the process by the water pressure that is water damage.

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The EPA fracking study was commissioned in 2010 by the US Congress and stands as the most comprehensive review of the controversial mining technique, which releases natural gas by injecting a high - pressure mixture of water, sand, and chemicals into rock formations deep below ground.

The process of fracking involves vertical and horizontal drilling, often for more than 10,000 feet below the surface, followed by the injection of millions of gallons of water, chemicals and sand at high pressures.

What did the revolts brought to the people in those countries any thing other than continuos unending revolts and demonstrations scarcity of essential commodities and products adding to the sky high prices... While other essential needs such as electricity power supply, water, gas, diesel, petrol are being used as a pressure tool by the opposition or the ruling party to keep people mad on the streets rather than going home seeing to their daily living making and minding their own businesses... but what business will continue with such chaos and disorder...?

One of [the whale's] peculiarities it is, to have an entire non-valvular structure of the blood - vessels, so that when pierced even by so small a point as a harpoon, a deadly drain is at once begun upon his whole arterial system; and when this is heightened by the extraordinary pressure of water at a great distance below the surface, his life may be said to pour from him in incessant streams.

Then when you think things can't get worse — you're grappling with insurance hassles caused by your daughter's car crash just as an article you're writing is behind schedule — you see that the water tank pressure gauge is leaking.

Much pressure is put upon this by what the document calls the «problematic features» that «The Act unfortunately retains a feature of recent English Law... acceptance of certain decisions to bring about death», namely intentional killing by «omission», even and especially «of food and water» (p. 19).

A pressure - washing system sprays the fruit with water to remove any latex left by the peelers.

Recycling and green energy technologies in the food and beverage industry, left, CST's SFC Screen Extractor, centre, and a successful initiative by Goulburn Mulwaree Council involving medium pressure ultraviolet (UV) disinfection supplied by CST Wastewater Solutions for its effluent irrigation scheme, which has conserved potable water.

«The Australian water and wastewater industry has been dominated by low pressure in - channel UV systems, but increasingly designers and end - users are starting to appreciate the benefits of closed reactor medium pressure systems.

Turn off the gas and allow the pressure cooker to release the pressure, it will take about 6 - 8 minutes or you can make the process faster by keeping it below the tap and running cold water over it.

This is achieved by optimizing the set - up with a temperature - controlled, protein denaturation holding tube, accurately controlling both ΔT and pressure drop, and controlling the flow in the hot water circuits.

A statement released by the group upon its launch states: «Reducing food loss and waste can be a triple win: it can save money for farmers, companies, and households; wasting less can feed more people; and reductions can alleviate pressure on climate, water, and land resources.»

Espresso is brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure and heat through finely ground coffee beans.

After decades of experimenting with eating only whole foods, vegetarianism, veganism, macrobiotics, raw foods (both with and without raw meat), paleo (including nuts), I have settled on a whole food, seedless, high - raw, paleo diet, cooking only with water (steaming, boiling, pressure cooking), and that has brought the greatest results, by far.

Mix the whole mixture well, cook for few minutes and pressure cook the mutton mixture by adding a cup of water.

This is driven more by a limited amount of well water, but its surprising how much you can accomplish with 90 seconds of water pressure.

One great advantage of this water flosser is that you can esily vary the pressure settings by adjusting the water faucet knobs.

Later that evening I started experiencing regular contractions and at around 2 am, I was awoken by my water breaking — what an amazing release of pressure.

For those who are grossed out by cleaning dirty diapers, spray more than one diaper per day, have a spare bathroom where they can leave the shield set up or prefer to set their water pressure high, you would enjoy the Spray Pal spray shield for sure!

Instead, due to high blood pressure, I was sent to triage on a Wednesday afternoon at 37 weeks, spent a night being monitored, then had a balloon put inside my cervix for 12 hours to «ripen» it, then received pitocin (and an epidural, because by that point I was too frightened of what getting my water broken would feel like), threw up numerous times, developed a fever, was informed that I might or might not be getting a C - section, eventually pushed for 45 minutes and then had my son, on a Friday night.

In it, writer Sarah Kliff attempts to calm the ruffled feathers of school food reform advocates like myself who are outraged by Congress's watering down of school nutrition standards last week under pressure from food industry lobbyists.

My waters broke spontaneously during a blood pressure check by a friendly nurse, I was so excited, she smiled & smiled as I asked her to confirm the waters were clear.

Dizziness and lightheadedness: Largely abated by eating small meals throughout the day and drinking copious amount of water to keep hydrated, dizziness and lightheadedness result from a lack of available oxygen in addition pressure placed upon blood vessels.

Pressure GroupOccupy Ghana has watered down an alleged report by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and National Security on the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) contaminated fuel saga, describing it as «deficient.»

There are water pressure problems, there are water quality problems, there are an economic development failure by not having a public water system.

Following the Iranian government's refusal to meet any of the UK's demands, foreign secretary Margaret Beckett said the government was today choosing to increase diplomatic pressure by releasing data proving HMS Cornwall was in Iraqi waters.

The state had a de facto ban in place as it studied the process, which involves extracting oil and gas from deep underground by pumping water, sand and chemicals at high pressures deep underground.

Pressure Group Occupy Ghana has watered down an alleged report by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and National Security on the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) contaminated fuel saga, describing it as «deficient.»

The Adirondack Park is home to about two dozen free boat wash stations designed to combat the spread of aquatic invasive species by using high pressure and hot water.

Hydrofracking is the process of extracting natural gas from shale rock by blasting a mix of water and chemicals at high pressure into underground wells.

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Extracting gas from deep shale deposits by fracturing the rock using a high - pressure mix of water, sand and chemicals is a hot topic.

This water pump can be put out of action or weakened by changes in the freshwater pressure, the ice sheet breaking up or shifting sea ice and this results in the increasing climatic variability.

During the following decade, the role of ACE in boosting blood pressure by controlling the release of water and salts from the kidneys became clear — as did the therapeutic value of blocking it.

«By carefully managing reefs with conditions that are more likely to recover from climate - induced bleaching, we give them the best possible chance of surviving over the long term, while reduction of local pressures that damage corals and diminish water quality will help to increase the proportion of reefs that can bounce back.»

At depths of around 5 metres, the air is compressed by the greater water pressure, giving a buoyancy force exactly balancing her weight.

At the same time, if too much saltcollects in the soil around the plant, a pressure differential arises, and water is sucked from the roots by osmosis.

If the planet is covered by an immense amount of water, the pressure at the bottom of the ocean will increase to such an extent that water occurs in the form of «Ice VII,» which does not exist on Earth.

It is mainly driven by the wind — which pushes water landward — and the low pressure of the storm that causes the water to arch like a convex lens.

Root pressure is created by water moving from its reservoir in the soil into the root tissue by osmosis (diffusion along a concentration gradient).

Careful analysis of what frequencies are absorbed, and by how much, can directly reveal the presence of water vapor and other compounds, and can divulge climate parameters, such as temperature and pressure, that determine if liquid water is sustainable.

The push is accomplished by two actions, namely capillary action (the tendency of water to rise in a thin tube because it usually flows along the walls of the tube) and root pressure.

Charles Theis, a poet and an engineer who once studied Kentucky's geology by walking across the state, theorized that water moved in the Earth according to the same properties by which heat moved in a solid object — that is, it seeps from areas of high pressure to low pressure.

They are able to maintain water in the liquid phase up to their total height by maintaining a column of water in small hollow tubes using root pressure, capillary action and the cohesive force of water.

A layer of live «parenchyma» cells that surrounds the xylem helps tropical trees by storing water and mediating the osmotic pressure so that water can be redistributed to where it is most needed.

Fracturing deep shale deposits by injecting them with water, sand and chemicals at high pressure — with the aim of releasing the gas they hold — is causing concern worldwide.

The distinctive waves with capped tops and cloudless troughs are created by what's known as velocity shear, which occurs when a fluid or two different fluids — wind and water, for example — interact at different speeds to create differing pressures at the back and front ends of the wave.

Hales conducted a number of experiments between 1719 and 1725 in which he measured the pressure exerted by water moving through a plant.

Research led by Oxford University highlights the accelerating pressure on measuring, monitoring and managing water locally and globally.