Sentences with phrase «in rainwater»

Got his card here somewhere, if it hasn't dissolved in rainwater.

Major sinks, likewise: for example, as continents collided, mountain - ranges were formed, making phenomenal amounts of rock debris available to weathering - agents, of which carbon dioxide dissolved in rainwater is one of the most important.

Eroding mountains can trap CO2 when it is dissolved in rainwater (I over-simplify).

However Professor Brian Gulson, head of the Technical Advisory Board of the LEAD Group had this to say on the matter: «Water filter systems can be helpful in removing lead from water, so if people are concerned about lead in rainwater they may wish to consider a filtration system rather than discarding their tanks.»

Can you put in rainwater tanks or a well?

As far as I remember: acid rain (acids formed from SO2 emissions in rainwater) in Scandinavia wasn't that caused by the industry in England, thanks to the prevailing SW winds?

The premise of the story is a psychopath who drowns his victims in rainwater — so naturally, rain is falling the entire time.

Learn about Aboriginal culture and the indigenous inhabitants at the Ngaro Sea Trial cultural site, swim in rainwater pools and crystal waterfalls.

Featuring private furnished balconies with unobstructed views of the Atlantic Ocean, our spacious Junior Suites have patterned tile floors with a step - down seating areas and luxurious, bathrooms with a soaking tub, walk - in rainwater shower and double vanity.

The herbicides are also building up in rainwater, because the air has become more polluted with pesticides from conventional agriculture and intensive chemical GMO agriculture.

Major sinks, likewise: for example, as continents collided, mountain - ranges were formed, making phenomenal amounts of rock debris available to weathering - agents, of which carbon dioxide dissolved in rainwater is one of the most important.

In rainwater, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide convert to sulfuric acid and nitric acid, which increase the acidity of rainwater.

For instance, the Mercury Deposition Network, which measures the metal in rainwater in many parts of the country, does not account for mercury particulates that settle dry onto vegetation, a form of deposition that could be equal to the wet variety, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Steve Lindberg.

Several years after scientists thought they had put the problem to rest, they have once again discovered increasing concentrations of mercury, this time in rainwater.

In Iowa the herbicide has been documented at 40 parts per billion in rainwater.

This carrion and the ants» faeces are rich in nitrogen, of which a higher proportion is nitrogen - 15 than is the case for the nitrogen dissolved in rainwater.

«Normally, no trace of iodine - 131 should be detectable in rainwater or milk.

The winery has a wastewater treatment plant that pulls in rainwater, which is then treated and discharged into a pond to be used in the vineyard.

Not exact matches

Locally known as baori, stepwells were tiered stone structures used to collect and store rainwater in arid climates.»

Page doesn't make a lot of splashy purchases, but the alternative - energy advocate does own an eco-friendly mansion in Palo Alto that uses geothermal energy and rainwater capture.

Most of the remaining 1 percent of the earth's water supply is found in underground aquifers which are recharged by rainwater seeping through the soil.

My 100,000 - square - foot roof produces two million gallons of rainwater per year and as the first solar array farm in the world, I will have no electric, water or gas bill.»

Metropolis Farms designed its own lights, rainwater recapture and solar power system, and has not had a gas or water bill in two years.

Today's product range covers in addition to storing and transport containers also plastic pallets, industrial tanks, heating oil tanks, rainwater tanks and Industrial Bulk Containers (IBCs).

Prosecco Blamed for Italy Flood Deaths The tragic deaths of four people swept away by flash floods in northern Italy have been blamed by critics on the regions burgeoning Prosecco industry accused of over-planting and damaging the lands ability to deal with rainwater...

FIJI water is collected in a natural aquifer, the result of rainwater trickling down through layers of volcanic rock.

Such practices involve soiless growing techniques, use of sterile rainwater, no chemicals, fungicides, or pesticides are used in growing our products.

As rainwater collects on the mineral - rich Mt. Halla, it begins to pass through 1,400 feet of porous volcanic bedrock, naturally purifying 16 water without stripping away any essential minerals in its 18 - year purification process.

Like most of our Caribbean neighbors, our Cruzan Rum operation in St. Croix collects rainwater in roof catchments and cisterns for use as a source of fresh water.

«We're also committed to ecological efficiency in store landscaping, using drought - resistant native plants and, where possible, rainwater tanks to capture runoff and provide irrigation for landscaped areas,» says Mr Ward.

The company takes pride in their sustainable business practices that include natural pest prevention, use of rainwater, all non-GMO seed and 100 % recycled packaging.

Unless you're living in the Sahara desert, where you do not have rain even once a year, rainwater harvesting can be a great way to conserve water.

I am using cold water to do my laundry, am collecting rainwater in a rainbarrel.

Adjacent to the Highland Park Country Club, the Skokie River Woods property is owned by the City of Highland Park and managed by the Park District of Highland Park as open space with wetlands and wooded areas providing open space, habitat, natural rainwater storage and infiltration in the North Branch Chicago River watershed.

I like to give the analogy that if you are living on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, growing all your own foods and gathering pure rainwater to drink, then you don't need to provide your child with supplements.

One big culprit is rainwater that is captured in roof gutters that then flows through a downspout that is connected into a drain leading to a sanitary sewer.

The Rev. Nebraski Carter stands next to a puddle of rainwater in the parking lot of the Living Water Church of God in Christ.

Syracuse University's Carrier Dome, in the background, received a $ 1.35 million grant to install a rainwater harvesting system.

He stressed that similar scenario is playing out at the Ile - Epo axis with inadequate drains to contain rainwater and other domestic discharge which in - turn has a negative impact on the road.

Improved access for the disabled was also provided, and hardy new plantings were put in place, which will help reduce rainwater runoff into the city's sewer system.

Similarly, the Rockefeller Foundation is offering $ 20,000 for the design of a low - cost tank to collect rainwater in the wetlands of India.

They then compared the oxygen isotope ratio in Yonderup dripwater with that predicted by a model (which simulated the dripwater δ18O based on measurements of rainwater δ18O), as well as that measured at a different cave in the region.

In a natural system, rainwater doesn't travel very far.

Larvae can grow in mere bottle - capfuls of rainwater, so saucers under potted plants or puddles in a crumpled tarp can become a public health menace.

In Cabeza Prieta, DHS has paid for water catchments for pronghorn — shallow troughs that capture rainwater for drinking — and has also contributed funds to the captive breeding program.

Corn grown in Minnesota, for example, depends on rainwater, which is abundant and not otherwise used by people.

On the other hand, the cocoa and peanuts in M&M's are grown in more temperate regions, where the crops absorb rainwater directly from the ground.

These dragonflies breed in temporary rainwater pools, following the seasonal weather in the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone between India and East Africa.

If objects in motion are like rainwater flowing through a gutter and landing in a puddle, then quantum objects in motion are like rainwater that might end up in a bunch of puddles, all at once.

As a result, rainwater bounces off and collects as runoff, picking up impurities — including infectious bacteria from animal waste as well as harmful pesticides and fertilizers — on the way to municipal storm sewers, which in turn eventually empty out into local bodies of water.