Sentences with phrase «from reduced water use»

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Using a wide array of data from sensors in the soil along with satellite imagery and weather forecasts, the company designed a «personalized» irrigation system for each block of vines, greatly reducing water consumption and increasing output.

Newer SAGD plants such as Connacher Oil and Gas's Great Divide have managed to nearly eliminate fresh water use — they use non-potable water from aquifers and recycle it — and reduce GHG emissions by about 20 % compared to the industry average through more efficient burning of natural gas, cogeneration of electricity and reduced heat loss on the steam's journey underground.

Directions: Using a mortar and pestle, or a small grinder, mix garlic, ginger and half of the peanut oil to form a thick paste / Add other spices, half of the water (1/2 C) to this mix, stir together and set aside / In a sauce pan, heat the other tablespoon of oil to medium hot, add cumin and mustard seeds and allow them to sizzle momentarily / Add spice paste, turn heat to medium low, and while stirring, allow to cook for 1 to 2 minutes / Add cauliflower and potatoes, sweet or hot pepper if using / Stir together so that vegetables are coated with the spices / Add the other 1/2 C water, place a lid on, and simmer for 10 — 15 minutes, until vegetables are tender / Remove lid and simmer for another 5 minutes / If vegetables are done, remove them from the pan and continue to simmer the sauce until it reduces and thickens slightly — just a minute or two / Add roasted asparagus to the bowl / Spoon sauce over winter and spring veggies, sprinkle with chUsing a mortar and pestle, or a small grinder, mix garlic, ginger and half of the peanut oil to form a thick paste / Add other spices, half of the water (1/2 C) to this mix, stir together and set aside / In a sauce pan, heat the other tablespoon of oil to medium hot, add cumin and mustard seeds and allow them to sizzle momentarily / Add spice paste, turn heat to medium low, and while stirring, allow to cook for 1 to 2 minutes / Add cauliflower and potatoes, sweet or hot pepper if using / Stir together so that vegetables are coated with the spices / Add the other 1/2 C water, place a lid on, and simmer for 10 — 15 minutes, until vegetables are tender / Remove lid and simmer for another 5 minutes / If vegetables are done, remove them from the pan and continue to simmer the sauce until it reduces and thickens slightly — just a minute or two / Add roasted asparagus to the bowl / Spoon sauce over winter and spring veggies, sprinkle with chusing / Stir together so that vegetables are coated with the spices / Add the other 1/2 C water, place a lid on, and simmer for 10 — 15 minutes, until vegetables are tender / Remove lid and simmer for another 5 minutes / If vegetables are done, remove them from the pan and continue to simmer the sauce until it reduces and thickens slightly — just a minute or two / Add roasted asparagus to the bowl / Spoon sauce over winter and spring veggies, sprinkle with chives.

By 2020, the region - and production - weighted national average water use of the U.S. swine herd will be reduced 5 percent from a 2014 baseline of 18.66 gallons / lb.

It helps a lot if you simmer your canned chickpeas, maybe with a litte added water and reduce to half, takes about 10 mins, maybe longer for a large can, I use 1/2 A can at a time, almost all the chickpeas will have shed their skin without any help from you.

For suppliers of agricultural commodities, that can include a range of practices from agroforestry, planting trees and maintaining forest buffer zones to reducing pesticide use, conserving water and soil and protecting wildlife.

The beverage industry has reduced its water usage every year for five years, attaining a decrease of 14 percent in our water - use ratio from 2009 - 2013.

In addition, farming organically also reduces ground and surface water contamination by refraining from the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, particularly important in areas prone to water shortages.

Levels as low as 0.5 % have been used to reduce salt and remove MSG from soups and snack foods, create mouth - watering crackers, and boost the meat, cheese and vegetable flavors of meal kits, sauces and dips.

Just like irrigators, environmental water holders and manager plan for the likelihood of reduced water allocations by deliberately using carry over (where it is available) from the previous water year, to support the environment during a forecast dry year.

«The International Rice Research Institute and other research institutions have developed a wide range of sustainable technologies that will help reduce use of water, chemicals and energy in rice, and protect the crop from pests, disease and the impacts of climate change.

The refined distillate is then carefully reduced by using a mix of deionized water and natural, mineral rich water, and blended with tailor made column spirits which are made from Swedish organic wheat.

The Commonwealth has committed up to $ 1.3 billion to enable more efficient use of environmental water to reduce the water recovery from consumptive purposes while achieving equivalent environmental outcomes.

The use of hydrogels dressings is a concept stolen from disciplines such as geriatrics, where patients suffer bed wounds and these water - based polymer matrix dressings are applied to maintain moisture, inhibit scab or crust formation, reduce pain, and enhance epithelial migration for wound repair.

Running the water for 15 to 30 seconds and only using cold water can help reduce your baby's exposure to lead from tap water.

Read on to find out how choosing the right detergent, changing the amount you use, or adding a water conditioner can simplify your cloth diaper experience by eliminating or reducing stripping from your laundry routines, and extend the life of your diapers, too!

Whether you choose to switch to a commercial detergent, increase the amount you use, or add a water conditioner, I hope that the research in this article simplify your cloth diaper experience by eliminating or reducing stripping from your laundry routines, and extending the life of your diapers.

Running the water to ensure a fresh flow and only using cold water can help reduce your baby's exposure to lead from tap water.

This is a step up from «disinfecting» something (using boiling water, for example) because disinfection only reduces the amount of bacteria rather than getting rid of it altogether.

problems, this article on cleaning cloth diapers in hard water conditions will help you find out how choosing the right detergent, changing the amount you use, or adding a water conditioner can simplify your cloth diaper experience by eliminating or reducing stripping from your laundry routines, and extend the life of your diapers, too!

Other recent changes include lowering the fat content of canned pork from 21 to 18 percent, eliminating the use of tropical oils in peanut butter, reducing the fat content of ground beef to 22 percent, and purchasing only unsalted peanuts and chunk tuna packed in water, not oil.

The latest proposal from Christopher B. Burke Engineering would add roughly 17 acres of new wetland by using some of the grassy area not now set aside for specific recreational purposes and by reducing the amount of open water in the lagoon.

The little - used Energy Savings Trust will be re-vamped to enable it to conduct home energy audits, as well as offering advice on reducing waste and water use and connecting to grants and offers from energy companies.

Using more pure water from offshore aquifers rather than ocean water has the potential to reduce desalination costs, the authors argue — with reverse osmosis, desalination costs for ocean water run between 53 cents and $ 1.50 per cubic meter, while the cost to process brackish water from offshore aquifers runs between 10 cents and $ 1.

Walter sees the benefits of using methane as an energy source as twofold: «Not only does it prevent a potent greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere by converting it to weaker greenhouse gases — water vapor and carbon dioxide — but using it on - site would also reduce the demand for other fossil - fuel sources.»

Warming in the 21st century reduced Colorado River flows by at least 0.5 million acre - feet, about the amount of water used by 2 million people for one year, according to new research from the University of Arizona and Colorado State University.

New research now shows that removing splashes of colors, shadows or water puddles from corrals, keeping noise levels down and not using dogs and electric prods can dramatically reduce the stress cattle experience.

The methods for achieving greater water productivity, Grant and his colleagues suggest, are threefold: substituting higher - quality water with lower - quality water, regenerating higher - quality water from lower - quality water through treatment, and reducing the amount of high - quality water that is used to generate goods and services.

As of January 1, California retailers are prohibited from selling showerheads, toilets, faucets and appliances that do not pass new efficiency standards for reducing water use.

Experts from the Pharmacy Faculty and the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica — ETSIA) of the University of Seville have published a study that shows that when reducing the water used to water cherry tomato crops by more than 50 %, the product not only maintains its quality, both commercially and nutritionally, but it also even increases the level of carotenoids, compounds of great interest in the food - processing industry.

The setup is part of an experiment aimed at testing an unusual water pollution control scheme that uses gypsum, a waste product from coal - fired power plants, to reduce nutrient runoff from farms.

The top five things (from a list of 16) that the public believes would improve people's health a great deal are: improving access to affordable healthy food (57 %), reducing illegal drug use (54 %), reducing air, water, or chemical pollution (52 %), increasing access to high - quality health care (52 %), and improving the economy and the availability of jobs (49 %).

Taken together, these techniques promise to advance agricultural sustainability by reducing input use in multiple areas, from water and land to fertilizer, while also helping crops to adapt to climate change.

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

Huang refers to the splitting of water, a process used to create gaseous hydrogen and oxygen from liquid water where properly defective molybdenum sulfide could enhance the process and reduce the amounts of energy and costs needed and increase the amount of hydrogen produced.

The algae uses CO2 from air or industrial emitters with sunlight and saltwater to create fuel while dramatically reducing the carbon footprint, costs and water usage, with no reliance on food crops as feedstocks.

Angelenos could lower the city's greenhouse gas emissions from water supplies by up to 70 percent by reducing the use of imported water and increasing conservation rates, the study found.

«The water savings that come from this technology will reduce or eliminate the need for chemical water treatment and will help us stay within the limits of local water use restrictions.

Sample CO2 from collagen and marine shell was sent to KCCAMS where it was reduced to graphite at 550 °C using H2 and a Fe catalyst, with reaction water drawn off with Mg (ClO4) 2 (ref.

Dandelion leaf tea can also be brewed, but it is used more as a diuretic to help reduce swelling or bloating from excess water retained in the tissues.

So, consider cabbage juice (slow, 80 RPM or less juicing, this is very important), several glasses a day, vitamin C, several thousand milligrams a day, turmeric one 3 in long root a day, flax seed, freshly ground 2 tablespoons a day and whole oats / oat bran (2 T - spoons each) to reduce gut inflammation; in addition, from a herbology perspective this is what I am using, with good results: an equal part combination of yarrow, chamomile, mint, motherwort, lemon balm, St John's - wort; you can buy them on line, as 1/2 lbs packages, mix them all up good, and make a tea (boil for 10 - 15 min a quart of water and 4 T - spoons of mix); keep the mix in a sealed jar; this may benefit multiple digestive disorders such as IBS, colitis and Chron's.

And to muddy the waters a little more, you also have to factor in the potential for increasing the overall training load over the course of a training block by using techniques like ice baths and massages, even if they reduce the adaptations from a a single workout by a little bit (that would be a tough one to quantify).

The night before, you can take an anti-inflammatory to reduce acne swelling or do a DIY spot treatment using crushed aspirin in warm water to reduce redness from breakouts.

There is well - founded concern that BPA may leach into drinking water from the reusable plastic drinking water bottles that are used in an effort to reduce the use of disposable bottles, so stainless steel bottles are a healthy alternative.

The heat exchangers extract energy from the waste water and the warm, humid water vapour inside the machine and use it to heat up the incoming cold water supply, reducing energy costs by up to 10 %.

All paper used is sourced from mills whose forest management practices have been certified by a widely recognized sustainable forestry certification organization such as: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), CSA International, Inc., or Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), confirming our paper providers have followed stringent guidelines to preserve forests and reduce air and water pollution.

Ferrets do have a tendency to play in their water dishes, but this can be reduced by using a dog's travel water dish that is designed to prevent water from spilling or splashing out.

The whole system promises to be very environmentally friendly, minimizing the need for washing, reducing water wastages, and decreasing energy consumption from using your dishwasher.

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They strive towards responsible tourism and seek to reduce their carbon emissions whenever possible through recycling waste, using sustainable materials, conserving water and buying produce from local farmers and fishermen.