Sentences with phrase «irrigation water about»

«We had a good season and there's been plenty of irrigation water about as well,» he told The Australian Financial Review.

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Drip irrigation uses about half of the water that traditional irrigation does and can also produce larger yields.

Finally, I'd like to talk about three more companies in the water resources sector involved in the production of irrigation systems.

About 440 hectares of Kaladbro have been developed to a combination of centre pivot and flood irrigation, and the property features a 7471 megalitre Ground Water Entitlement.

Gorilla Gourmet delivers about 1,000 organic lunches to students throughout the Chicago area and also cooking classes and earth boxes that allow «you to plant almost any vegetable seed and water it, and it will grow because there is an irrigation system under it, so if you forget to water it for a while, it will still be fine,» said Jason Weedon co-founder and CEO.

Gorilla Gourmet delivers about 1,000 organic lunches to students throughout the Chicago area and also cooking classes and earth boxes that allow «you plant almost any vegetable seed and water it, and it will grow because there is an irrigation system under it, so if you forget to water it for a while, it will still be fine,» said Jason Weedon co-founder and CEO.

«How can we connect the canals better to the canal towns, and what kind of programming should we have so that we attract more tourists and recreation, better quality of life, access to the waterfront, economic development... «it's about tourism, it's about recreation, it's about irrigation for our farmers, it's about water usage for some of the manufacturing and process plants that we have along the canal system,» Quiniones told WXXI News.

They show fairly positive attitudes about conserving water, but they have room for improvement in their irrigation.

Although previous research has found that Floridians who use irrigation in the home landscape are more water conscious than the general population, it is possible that Californians and Texans are even more aware and concerned about water availability.

To put this data into context, about 50 percent of Floridians» daily water use is for outdoor purposes, such as landscape irrigation, according to the South Florida Water Management Distwater use is for outdoor purposes, such as landscape irrigation, according to the South Florida Water Management DistWater Management District.

«We're already anticipating zero initial allocation from the CVP,» said Jason Peltier, deputy general manager of the Westlands Water District, which supplies irrigation water to about 600,000 acres of farmland in the San Joaquin VaWater District, which supplies irrigation water to about 600,000 acres of farmland in the San Joaquin Vawater to about 600,000 acres of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley.

The study is the latest in a line of research Afzal hopes will end in the development of a system in which leaf clip sensors will send precise information about plant moisture to a central unit in a field, which then communicates in real time with an irrigation system to water the crop.

For more on efficient water use in agriculture in dry regions, click back to my post on the pioneering work on drip irrigation by Daniel Hillel and read about how solar - powered pumping systems and drip irrigation are improving incomes and lives in sub-Saharan Africa.

Actually, humans produce more CO2 than volcanoes simply by extracting about 760 cubic kilometers annually of CO2 - saturated fossil artesian water for irrigation.

«Seventy percent of water from the melting glaciers flows down to Pakistan and about 90 percent of the irrigation is done with this water.»

In California, about 1.2 million septic systems will have to be unplugged or renovated to comply with new regulations, so the Venus may just be a far more appealing option for our water - strapped state since it solves waste treatment and potential irrigation problems at the same time.

Pauline Delli - Carpini chatted with us about the ways that linen outperforms cotton: conventional linen growing practices use 80 % fewer pesticides and fertilizers and no irrigation, and its processing is mechanical and requires no water or solvents.

Luke Iseman cultivates just about everything he needs to live sustainably — including using recycled greywater for irrigation, practicing permaculture for food production and inventing a garden controlling system that only waters plants when they need it.

Irrigation for agriculture consumes about 75 % of Australia's water, while individuals consume about 300 litres of water per day, although even then half of that goes on gardens.

These developments come at a crucial time for Spain; years of debilitating droughts coupled with unsustainable levels of water use for irrigation (about 70 % of all water resources) have convinced Spaniards of the need for change.

According to the USGS, «Since 1950, irrigation has accounted for about 65 percent of total water withdrawals, excluding those for thermoelectric power.»

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