Sentences with phrase «of fresh water supplies»

Salt water inundation of fresh water supplies will also impact on the capacity of Indigenous communities to grow fresh fruit and vegetables, and access fresh drinking water.

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.

Realization that we must reduce the current CO2 amount has a bright side: effects that had begun to seem inevitable, including impacts of ocean acidification, loss of fresh water supplies, and shifting of climatic zones, may be averted by the necessity of finding an energy course beyond fossil fuels sooner than would otherwise have occurred.

If we are incorrect then the down side will be reduced Health Care cost associated with airborne carbon pollution, asidification of the Oceans and end contamination of Fresh water supplies with sewage!

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.

unlike myself, someone who would truly like to mitigate the damaging effects of overpopulation (and air pollution, and fishery depletion, and diminution of the fresh water supply), it's important to understand that there are powerful interests:

Not exact matches

When you can stroll over to a tap whenever you like and help yourself to a glass of clear, cool water, it is hard to believe that one of the biggest business opportunities of the 21st century — and one of the best opportunities for business to give back to society — lies in supplying fresh water.

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

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

Employees at Exxon Mobil put their own worries and concerns aside after being notified that the city of Beaumont had lost access to their water supply when the pumps that deliver fresh water had been compromised.

BTW, supplies of fresh water are limited in many areas of the world, many of them are muslim desert countries.

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

There still isn't one good excuse about where the water came from or went to and the idea that they had a year's supply of fresh meat for all the carnivores is laugh - out - loud funny.

With them came fresh supplies of food, water, and Red Cross workers.

When you wake up tired, before reaching for the caffeine, try and drink a glass of water and see if it perks you up — after sleeping when our bodies «fast» we need to replenish our water supply first thing in the morning and some fresh, fruity water is a great way to start the day feeling awake and ready to go — but of course, you can (and should!)

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

I'm talking about «usable» water — «The Earth has a finite supply of fresh water, stored in aquifers, surface waters and the atmosphere.

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

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.

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

But the technology could be scaled up to supply fresh water to some of the most parched and remote regions of the globe, such as the Middle East and North Africa, they say.

In the event of a breakdown of pumps that supply the reactor with fresh cooling water, the torus design is supposed to provide additional cooling.

Half of the near - distilled - quality reclaimed water is injected into a saltwater barrier — an underground supply of freshwater that prevents brine from creeping inland from the sea and contaminating fresh reserves.

The key feature of an estuary is that it is a mixing place for sea water and fresh water to supply fresh water.

From lakes and rivers to enormous aquifers, the supply of fresh water is critical to all aspects of life, including our agricultural, industrial and recreational activities.

Finally, we should invest in developing technologies like desalinization and other filtering processes capable of cost - effectively increasing our fresh water supply.

A scientific report last year showed the aquifer could sustainably supply 20 million cubic metres of fresh water a year.

In two of those cases, the Canadian drilling company EnCana, which bought most of the area's wells after they were drilled and assumed liability for them, is either supplying fresh drinking water to the residents or has purchased the land.

Lines for sandbags stretched outside relief centers, which were filled to capacity with people left homeless, and troops trucked in fresh food, water, and emergency supplies to a city the size of Houston.

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

«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.

«Looming crisis of the much decreased fresh - water supply to Egypt's Nile delta.»

They anticipate the project will impact Nicaragua's lucrative ecotourism and the supply of fresh water for drinking, irrigation and power generation.

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.

Spirulina is in the family of blue - green algae found in both the ocean and fresh water and provides an abundant supply of many different phytonutrients integral to health.

Then when you're ready to brew, we offer the highest - quality Kombucha brewing supplies for every step of the process, including fresh, full sized, potent Kombucha, JUN, water kefir, and milk kefir cultures as well as Continuous Brew.

However, I do my best avoid plastic whenever possible, opting instead for glass water bottles & food storage containers, fresh foods instead of canned items, homemade glass spray bottles for cleaning supplies, etc..

If you have organized the whole party then you need to make sure that there is a fresh supply of water for the guests, changing rooms are properly stocked and there is plenty of food and wine available for the entertainment.

In «Cool It,» documentary maker Ondi Timoner airs out Danish author and academic Bjorn Lomborg's controversial and contrarian premise — set forth in his 2001 book «The Skeptical Environmentalist» — that global warming is less threatening to our immediate survival than the decreasing supply of fresh water and the spread of HIV / AIDS and malaria.

Most modern automotive engines are both water and air - cooled, as the water / liquid - coolant is carried to air - cooled fins and / or fans, whereas larger engines may be singularly water - cooled as they are stationary and have a constant supply of water through water - mains or fresh - water, while most power tool engines and other small engines are air - cooled.

Prior to the solar still, their only supply of fresh water was trucked in at high cost.

While the solar still is an excellent method of providing small quantities of fresh water at low cost, the amount of collector area needed rules it out as a supply for large cities.

Ensure that a fresh supply of water is available at all times.

Ensure that he always has a supply of fresh, clean water.

Water additives are the easy to dispense drops of liquid designed to be added to the dog's water bowl and ingested with a fresh supply of water every time Fido takes a dWater additives are the easy to dispense drops of liquid designed to be added to the dog's water bowl and ingested with a fresh supply of water every time Fido takes a dwater bowl and ingested with a fresh supply of water every time Fido takes a dwater every time Fido takes a drink.

There are self waterers, bowls that clip onto fences, heavy bowls that don't get knocked over easy, heated water bowls that won't freeze, and plenty of other outdoor pet feeders to provide your dog with a steady supply of clean fresh water.

We have a fenced in grassy (or snowy, lol) back yard with large shade trees, oodles of various safe and fun toys, always a fresh supply of cool water, and plenty of room for all to run and play in a safe supervised environment!

Ensure he has a supply of fresh, cold water at all times.

I just moved to Connecticut from Nevada where I could regularly get a fresh supply of alkaline water for my English bulldog from a pet store that had a water ionizer.