Sentences with phrase «fresh water supplies»

Our dog boarding, has indoor and outdoor play areas and runs with fresh water supply, double door safety systems and excellent trained staff.

We're already running short on fresh water supplies, and having more sources run out due to an influx of sea water spells serious trouble.

But the issue of refugees and rising sea levels must at least be touched on when talking about fresh water supplies.

Other problems are likely to include an increase in extreme weather events such as droughts and floods, and an increase in salt - water intrusion into fresh water supplies.

Cities, because of their concentrated populations, put a huge strain on natural resources like fresh water supplies.

It is becoming increasingly apparent how fortunate we are to live by one of the world's largest fresh water supplies.

So, not only does using less electricity save you money and reduce global warming impacts, but it also protects our precious fresh water supplies.

With 67 % of the worlds fresh water supplies directed into agriculture, and with 7 billion mouths to feed, agriculture is under the gun.

Inside, a specifically engineered piping configuration transfers heat energy from the hot shower water to the incoming fresh water supply.

In South Asia, the melting of Himalayan glaciers jeopardizes fresh water supplies for more than one billion human beings.

And continued, «business - as - usual» emissions of greenhouse gases and black soot will result in the loss of most Himalayan glaciers this century, with devastating effects on fresh water supplies in dry seasons.

Like many other parts of the world, Israel has a critical need to increase fresh water supplies.

This kind of exponential population growth has consequences for the planet, from stretched natural resources, such as fresh water supplies, to burgeoning levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

The dry spell intensified an ongoing legal battle among Georgia, Florida and Alabama over fresh water supplied by the Apalachicola - Chattahoochee - Flint River Basin, which runs through the three states.

The Premier also doesn't agree with my opposition to shale gas hydraulic fracturing — a process that will drastically reduce fresh water supplies in north - eastern BC and substantially increase greenhouse gases.

Employee fundraising events have funded Free the Children's efforts in communities in India, Ghana and Kenya, improving fresh water supplies, building schools and encouraging the young to eat well, exercise and study hard.

In New York State, 12.3 % of the total fresh water supply comes from groundwater.

To avoid polluting fresh water supplies, the water is introduced between impermeable layers of rocks.

«The public has the right to know about the oil industry's use of limited fresh water supplies,» said Senator Fran Pavley, the bill's author.

«Given that we will need to adapt to more uncertain fresh water supplies, a problem that the state of California is currently grappling with, we need to find ways to correct misperceptions to help people adapt to temporary or long - term decreases in freshwater supply,» Attari said.

Increased meat consumption in the developing world is fast depleting fresh water supplies, according to a secret report first released by WikiLeaks.

Temperate forests support wildlife, provide products such as paper and timber, and play a critical role in provisioning fresh water supplies.

In America's Magic City, the rising seawater is leaking into, and contaminating, fresh water supplies above and underground.

«Reduced black soot emissions, in addition to reduced greenhouse gases, may be required to avoid demise of Himalayan glaciers and retain the benefits of glaciers for seasonal fresh water supplies,» Hansen said.

While rain and snow would still help replenish Asian rivers in the absence of glaciers, the change could hamper efforts to manage seasonal water resources by altering when fresh water supplies are available in areas already prone to water shortages.

Ground water is being depleted, and pollution is affecting many remaining fresh water supplies.

Image credit:: Tumbling Green Popcorn, Flickr, a2thegeezus By George Grattan Earlier this week I joined a number of Earthwatch colleagues and other interested filmgoers at a screening of the documentary Flow, an emotionally powerful (but narratively flawed) examination and indictment of the privatization of fresh water supplies throughout the world.

However, Taiping Island has an area of.45 sq. km., its own fresh water supply, and a population of 600 Taiwanese personnel.

Essential job responsibilities seen on a Water Resources Engineer resume sample are designing schemes, liaising with stakeholders such as local authorities, collaborating with businesses, designing pump systems, managing treatment plants, creating drainage systems, and coordinating fresh water supply systems.

Needless to say, water is of primary importance to our survival, and protecting access to and the quality of fresh water supplies will likely become more and more of a challenge in the coming years.

The safe level of atmospheric carbon dioxide is no more than 350 parts per million, if we want the diversity of other species on the planet to survive — as well as «amenities» that humans require, such as fresh water supplies, stable coastlines and a normal degree of extreme weather events.

The effects of glaciers melting are largely detrimental, the principle impact being that many millions of people (one - sixth of the world's population) depend on fresh water supplied each year by natural spring melt and regrowth cycles and those water supplies — drinking water, agriculture — may fail.

Rising sea level will have a huge impact, since half the world's population lives within 60 km of an ocean and increased flooding contaminates fresh water supplies and increases the threat from waterborne diseases.

We all share 1 % of the world's fresh water supply.

After being notified that the city of Beaumont had lost access to their fresh water supply, the team at Exxon Mobile responded quickly and without hesitation.

Even if you ignore the ridiculous expense necessary to build dikes around the whole city, there's no plausible way at this point to prevent rising seas from penetrating the porous limestone underneath the city and infiltrating its fresh water supply.

At a public forum at Southold Town Hall Tuesday night, SCWA representatives, county Legislator Al Krupski (D - Cutchogue) and members of the Town Board all spoke about the importance of protecting the North Fork's fresh water supply.

Ascension Island wasn't the only outpost of the British Empire to worry about its fresh water supply (7 June, p...

We here in North America have polluted and diverted our fresh water supplies far beyond nature's capacity to restore the flows, notably in the West where sprawling, thirsty metropolises have grown up in deserts where the only way water can be provided is to siphon it from other regions.

The team is also planning to evaluate the effect of different pollution mitigation scenarios on long - term changes in snow cover and fresh water supply.

Ideally located for obtaining a fresh water supply, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica was designed to use as little as possible of this precious resource.

It connects the Gihon Spring — Jerusalem's fresh water supply — with...

Without forests, our fresh water supply would be further threatened.

Rabbits always need to have a fresh water supply readily available to them in order to keep them hydrated and healthy.

Snakes need a clean, dry, warm, roomy cage, with a fresh water supply.