Sentences with phrase «dams on»

In fact I have a co worker that once they start rebuilding the Lock and dams on the Illinois river, (I think) he is heading south for 5 + years I guess.

You're not likely to find a dental dam dispenser in a public restroom, and many community organizations provide dental dams on a request - only basis because they're more expensive than condoms.

Homeowners and renters insurance provides coverage for burst pipes, wind driven rain and damage resulting from ice dams on your roof.

Peru is planning a series of huge hydroelectric dams on the 1,700 - kilometer (1,056 - mile) Marañón River, which begins in the Peruvian Andes and is the main source of the Amazon River.

We live in an era where many people are concerned about their carbon footprint and architects try to design buildings that are more energy efficient, even if it is heated by clean power like you get around the dams on the St. Lawrence River.

In a historic milestone, after years of negotiations with American Rivers and other parties, PacifiCorp has agreed to remove four dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon.

When most people think of hydro - electric power they probably think of large dam projects such as China's Three Gorges Dam, India's dams on the Narmada River, or closer to home (at least to my home) the Hoover Dam.

Dams on more rivers tends to cause huge outrage in the affected communities (and always seems to kill of some endangered animal or plant).

# 3: Lower Snake River (WA, OR, ID) Threat: Four dams Four dams on the lower Snake River have caused dramatic declines in the Snake River basin's once magnificent salmon runs and have stymied efforts to restore these fish.

However, the dams on Town Brook haven't powered mills in decades.

2011 Degu, A.M., F. Hossain, D. Niyogi, R. Pielke, J.M. Shepherd, N. Voisin, and T. Chronis, 2011: The influence of large dams on surrounding climate and precipitation patterns.

Have you determined why dams on the Nile cause problems while others do not seem to have problems of the same magnitude?

Photo from Indonesia: Greenpeace activists working with locals to halt drainage by constructing dams on peatlands.

I guess that if you have sequential large dams on the same water course as in the Snowy and Tasmanian systems you have this form of variability covered.

About 40 % of this capacity, however, is in 16 massive dams on major rivers, such as the Grand Coulee (7 GW), Chief Joseph (2.5 GW), John Day (2 GW), and Dalles (2 GW) dams on the Columbia River in Washington State and Oregon.

Today's example: Dams on the Klamath River case global warming.

Every year, groups from around the world show their solidarity with those displaced by dams on the International Day of Action for Rivers, a global event to raise awareness about the impacts of dams and the values of free - flowing rivers.

Research shown at last week's American Geophysical Union meeting revealed that everyone's favorite rodent has been using sticks to build dams on the Alaska's treeless tundra.

Most of our neighbour's electricity is generated by massive hydro dams on the James Bay and St. Lawrence watershed — so, by today's convoluted meaning of the word, it is clean.

The impact of dams on tree and liana composition «will for sure have an impact on carbon sequestration,» agreed Verbeeck.

We mapped distribution of 292 dams (under construction and proposed) and projected effects of these dams on terrestrial ecosystems under different scenarios of land - cover loss.

Indian Himalayan basins are earmarked for widespread dam building, but aggregate effects of these dams on terrestrial ecosystems are unknown.

China plans to build and operate ten additional dams on the Lancang River as part of its 12th Five Year Energy Plan.

Degu, A. Mohamed, F. Hossain, D. Niyogi, R. Pielke, Sr., M. J. Shepherd, N. Voisin, and T. Chronis, 2011: The influence of large dams on surrounding climate and precipitation patterns.

This was the year his father became the first executive director of the Sierra Club and joined the fight against a pair of proposed dams on the Green River in Northwest Colorado.

Much attention has been paid to negative impacts of dams on fish and other riverine biota, but the indirect effects on biogeochemical cycling are also important to consider.

In 2002, over 33,000 salmon died in a massive fish kill caused by dams on the river, as well as water diversions, agriculture, industrial pollution, mining, road building and poor forestry.

This push to demolish large dams on major rivers in the Pacific Northwest, which got 70 percent of its electricity supply from hydropower as of 2009, has been criticized by influential policymakers, such as House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R - Wash.).

China plans to build and operate ten new dams on the Lancang River as part of its 12th Five Year Energy Plan.

American Rivers and our partners have been working since 2000 to remove PacifiCorp's four obsolete dams on the Klamath River

Downstream of these stations are 14 additional dams on the Columbia River each tapping this same glacier runoff for hydropower.

Among the dams on the Colorado is Arizona's Glen Canyon Dam, which creates Lake Powell.

• Next, we build out pumped hydro for storage, using available bodies of water for the lower reservoir, and turkey - nest dams on flat, elevated land for the upper.

Beijing's recent decision to build a slew of giant new dams on rivers flowing to other countries is thus set to roil riparian relations.

Last week, after years of negotiations, 28 involved parties agreed on a plan to tear down the four PacifiCorp dams on the Klamath River, which is on the California and Oregon border, by 2020.

And China has plans for eight dams on its upper reaches.

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The United Nations has previously criticized Turkey for the effect of its dams on desert and marshland communities in Iraq and Syria, notes the Mideast environmental website Green Prophet, which tipped us off to the latest development.

The participants voiced a wide range of concerns, from the impact of hydroelectric dams on American Indian populations to the E.P.A.'s review of mountaintop removal coal mining permits to the longevity of a green jobs recovery.

I disabled the dams on Mota, explored Dezo's frosty hellish landscapes, collected the eight Nei items, fought more biomonsters and robots than I thought possible, and — through sheer luck and overreliance on save states — defeated Dark Force and Mother Brain.

A fully equipped communal kitchen provides cutlery and crockery for guests, a guest lounge with a fireplace, braai facilities outdoor, a lapa area, games room with a pool table, these units overlook 1 of the large dams on the farm.

There are 4 dams on the farm, for those who fancy a bit of fishing; just bring your own fishing rod.

There are 4 dams on the farm, for those who fancy a bit of fishing; just brin...

The 3 Star maintained establishment offers five fully stocked trout fly - fishing dams on privately owned property The accommodation consists of four free - standing cottages.

There are 2 dams on the farm where fly fishing can be enjoyed, each containing rainbow trout.

Outside seating overlooking one of the dams on the farm.

Trout fishing is offered in three dams on the property.

Trout fishing is offered in three dams on the property and at an owned property on the Letaba River - 20 minutes drive.

Fishermen bring your gear, as there are three dams on the farm and all are stocked with Black Bass and Rainbow Trout.

Guests can enjoy «catch and release» fly fishing in the two dams on the property and river.