Sentences with phrase «of the available water supply»

The production of food through agriculture uses 80 % of the available water supply in the U.S., meaning that uneaten food leads to a significant amount of wasted water.

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I spoke with the emergency - management specialist for the City of Beaumont, who told me that beginning on September 1, there was limited water supply flowing through the pipes, and that water (though there was a boil notice on it) was available to the prison.

One project was to raise money for a Halco Tiger drilling machine which could make available supplies of clean water.

At last week's Ulster Town Board meeting, Supervisor Quigley admitted he hasn't seen any cost / benefit calculations to prove that a limited number of below - industry - standard jobs are worth expensive highway wear and tear, the foreclosure of the opportunity to attract other industries, limiting the supply of water available to create new housing in the future, and 10 years of enormous tax breaks to Niagara.

She pointed to issues with drinking water supplies in the county and the number of health service providers available to county residents.

Water is available in much of the area, with a further expansion planned for next spring, and the supply is more than adequate to service potential demands in excess of 1 million gallons a day.

Between 2005 and 2030, the number of people living in areas where water demand will exceed available supplies could rise 40 percent, from 2.8 billion to 3.9 billion, the company said.

The lack of water is expected to affect the supply of many crops, he said, and that includes limiting how much organic lettuce is available.

The study assesses the food supply available to more than 140 nations (with populations greater than 1 million) and demonstrates that food security is becoming increasingly susceptible to perturbations in demographic growth, as humanity places increasing pressure on use of limited land and water resources.

An international team of researchers analyzed the available data taken from all previous studies of the Southern Ocean, together with satellite images taken of the area, to quantify the amount of iron supplied to the surface waters of the Southern Ocean.

Use of chemicals like fluoride and chlorine in the water supply make magnesium less available in water since these chemicals can bind to magnesium.

Estrogen is abundant in our water supplies, and estrogen - like particles are found in the vast majority of foods available to us.

Additionally, the amounts of fluoride and chlorine in our modern water supply cause magnesium to be less available in the water we drink because these chemicals bind to magnesium and are filtered out.

By stabilizing a silver solution with citric acid, silver citrate solutions may be created with a very high amount of actual silver content (even 2000 parts per million), and diluted in the available water supply.

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.

Dogs lose a great deal of water daily through urination, respiration, and evaporation, a relatively small amount of losses can result in serious health problems, so it is very important that an adequate water supply be available at all times.

Make a solution consisting of four ounces sodium thiosulfate crystals, which are available at pet stores, pool supply stores or online, and dissolve in one gallon of distilled or de-ionized water.

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

Gallon jugs of concentrated hydrogen peroxide are available from beauty supply stores, but must be handled with gloves, and carefully diluted with distilled water.

Studies indicate that use of these beneficial nematodes, available at garden supply stores, works best in sandy soil that has been watered before and after the nematodes are added.

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Whichever you use, make sure there is always a supply of fresh clean water available, and clean the water dishes daily.

Many pet supply outlets have eating tables that are specially designed with cut - outs for food and water containers and available in various heights to suit various sizes of dogs.

You should make sure that your cat always has a supply of fresh clean water available.

Most importantly, be sure to have an ample supply of water readily available.

Collapsible bowls, soft foldable bowls, receptacles that clip onto human water bottles and many other types of drinking containers are available at pet supply stores.

If your rabbit tends to pick and choose and is not eating everything in the daily portion of the mix (and 48 hours should be allowed for this to happen if necessary, ensuring an unlimited supply of fresh hay and water is available at all times), you should change your pet's diet to an all - in - one diet such as Selective or Fibafirst.

«I raise a lot of puppies... but I think all puppies should be raised like we raise them, in a place like we have,» said Havens, citing the annual inspections by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the large dog runs, the regular veterinarian visits, medical record - keeping, and the always available food and water supplies.

In these cases, make sure a good supply of fresh water is always available, and cats should be encouraged to drink by offering several watering stations around the house (pint glasses filled with water are always useful!).

With over 70 % of the earth's surface covered in water, it may appear that there is an abundant supply available to sustain us.

Air Sanih is one of the natural pools available in Bali Island supplied by the fresh spring water from the ground.

Abundant water supply, electricity to the back of the property and the imminently available high speed internet indeed make it a developer's dream.

The nutrient available in least supply (Liebig's Law of the Minimum) is much more likely to be water, and since global warming increases drought, agricultural output will suffer.

* Unless there are very substantial early, inflows there will be insufficient water available to allow any allocation at the commencement of the 2007 - 08 water year for irrigation, the environment or any purpose other than critical domestic supplies.

The idea of «unlimited,» as concerns the control mechanism in Miskolczi Theory, as observed Dr (hc) Noor van Andel, only exists because, «the main greenhouse gas, i.e. water, is available in unlimited supply and finds its way into the atmosphere to control the flux relations.»

While organic agriculture practices result in higher soil organic matter (SOM) contents and, in turn, higher nutrient - and water - supplying potential to crops, transition to organic farming typically involves a lag time of several years in which yields can suffer and input demands increase as rebuilding soil microbial communities compete with crops for nitrogen and other available nutrients (Simmons and Coleman, 2008).

The volume of runoff also increases, reducing the amount of water available during the dry summer months when water demand is higher and supplies are lower.

The series has provided the most thoughtful and comprehensive coverage of the available knowledge and the analysis needed to deal with the challenges facing a sustainable, safe, equitable water supply for everyone.

Interconnect the grid so that areas can be supplied with a mix of wind, solar, and water energy (often when the sun isn't shining, the wind is blowing, and water power is consistently available)

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.

• The readiness of the nation to predict and avoid public and occupational health problems caused by heat waves and severe storms • Characterization and quantification of relationships between climate variability, health outcomes, and the main determinants of vulnerability within and between populations • Development of reliable methods to connect climate - related changes in food systems and water supplies to health under different conditions • Prediction of future risks in response to climate change scenarios and of reductions in the baseline level of morbidity, mortality, or vulnerability • Identification of the available resources, limitations of, and potential actions by the current U.S. health care system to prevent, prepare for, and respond to climate - related health hazards and to build adaptive capacity among vulnerable segments of the U.S. population

There is a near infinite supply of greenhouse gases available to the atmosphere in the form of water vapor from the ocean to provide the greenhouse effect, but the relative humidity in the atmosphere is much less than one.

Adding some greenhouse gases (CO2) to a near infinite supply of greenhouse gases in the form of water vapour available to the atmosphere has negligible effect.

So as the population explodes, human use of water expands, and pollution reduces the already limited amount available, the remaining volume of freshwater accessible to supply this demand grows smaller.»

Groundwater supplies between 30 and 50 percent of California's water supply, depending on precipitation, and represents a storage reservoir that is over three times greater than available surface water storage.

In many parts of the world, human water use has exceeded available renewable water supply.

«Losses or gains in forest cover shape many important aspects of an ecosystem including, climate regulation, carbon storage, biodiversity and water supplies, but until now there has not been a way to get detailed, accurate, satellite - based and readily available data on forest cover change from local to global scales.»

In the short run, our choices for what kind of power plants we build can contribute to freshwater supply stress — by committing an imbalanced share of the available water to power plant use — and can affect water quality, by increasing water temperatures to levels that harm local ecosystems, for example.

The Royal Society has become a host for Eugenicist Paul Erlich who has advocated poisoning of water supplies with a contraceptive with the antidote only available to the politically favoured.

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