Sentences with phrase «potable water used»

Putting grey water to work for you, instead of sending it right down the drain, reduces the amount of clean potable water used at home, while also connecting homes to landscapes.

By collecting and treating non-traditional sources of water - such as rainwater, stormwater, blackwater, graywater and foundation drainage - the amount of potable water used has fallen by up to 50 % for residential buildings and 95 % for commercial buildings.

The new facility saves 127 million gallons of water annually, or 18 percent of the entire campus» potable water use.

The black water and desalinization system alone is expected to cut potable water use by 60 - 70 % over typical convention centers.

Water use: Immediately manage the combination of stormwater peak discharge and potable water use by 50 percent below the district baseline.

Assuming an average 2 gallon flush, the potable water use of urinals in this country per year is approximately 160 billion gallons.»

«Well, grey water certainly has its place in conserving potable water use inside of a household,» said Bryan Wagoner of the Georgia Association of Water Professionals.

Not exact matches

Making use of these benefits is WaterAid, a global nonprofit working towards providing potable water, and ensuring proper sanitation and hygiene to those who can't afford it.

Part of the potable water the resort uses is repurposed either for general use or to return to the subsoil.

We don't normally recommend sterilising with a chemical solution (e.g. Milton's) but if you don't have access to potable water this is a safe way to go (this blog post discusses how to disinfect water for safe use).

Remember that these instructions are generalised for use with a healthy, full - term baby and access to potable water.

To clean with soap and water, you'll need access to a sink with warm, potable water, liquid dish soap (or soap made specifically for cleaning baby bottles), a small bottle or pipe cleaning brush (that you use only for this purpose) and a separate wash basin.

Tanks used for storage of process waters have apparent visible debris, filth and microbiological contamination... There is no laboratory analysis for water used in ice manufacturing at the [redacted] facility to show the water used to make ice is potable... Apparent bird feces were observed on the ice manufacturing equipment at Moon Fishery; insects and filth were observed in and on the equipment... Tuna processed at your facility, which is consumed raw or cooked, comes in direct contact with water and ice.

The water used to mix the milk must be safe and potable, and the cups and glasses used must be clean.

It is tragic to see rivers such as Ankobra, Pra, Ofin and parts of the Volta, which used to provide clean potable water to huge communities now turned into a flow of mud and grime.

Current regulations indicate that only potable water may be used to clean food contact surfaces and equipment surfaces, but reconditioning and reuse of water is a promising alternative currently acceptable for initial cleaning of fruits and vegetables as well as scalding of meat and poultry.

Recycled water, including treated sewage, can be used on gardens and in industrial processes instead of being flushed into rivers and oceans, alleviating pressure on potable water supplies.

The methodology developed allows encapsulating bacteriophages of different sizes and morphologies, demonstrates the advantages of using encapsulated bacteriophages for oral phage therapy and, moreover, the nanometric size allows adding it to potable water and fodder.

PFOA entered the local water table near the DuPont plant and contaminated the potable water supply used by more than 100,000 people.

AQA Chapter 10 (Sustainable Development) In this lesson students will learn: - what sewage is - sewage treatment methods This lesson can be used with or without the Potable Water worksheet.

MARAD also provided berthing, meals, and laundry services to military personnel working in Haiti; sailed to Guantanamo, Cuba to pick up aid; and provided potable water to assist with the wash down of all equipment being used for agriculture inspection.

Typical supplements include: vitamin - mineral mix, antioxidants (vitamins A, C, D, and E and selenium), digestive enzymes, brewer's yeast, kelp, honey, coat additives, apple cider vinegar, hydrochloric acid (used sparingly), yoghurt, Willard Water, liver, eggs, garlic, and plenty of fresh potable wWater, liver, eggs, garlic, and plenty of fresh potable waterwater.

For example, water used for cleaning / showering may not be potable.

Part of the potable water the resort uses is re-purposed either for general use or to return to the subsoil.

As M.Anne suggested, much of the water used in Las Vegas landscaping is not potable.

It may interest you to know, even if it held no interest for the writer, the water used on The Strip for their huge water displays is NOT potable water.

Also, the water used to irrigate and water the many, many golf courses in the Las Vegas area is also not potable.

Our wastewater systems combine stormwater, greywater, and even clean water (such as when we inadvertently let potable water run right down the drain without using it for some purpose) with the sewage from our toilets, when we could actually design and implement systems that would segregate the slightly tainted water (greywater and stormwater) from that which comes from toilets.

The first three definitions don't mean much in a technological society where water first has to be made potable and conveyed to users and in turn users have to use it for effluent removal to be reconveyed to sewage treatment plants.

Potable water is used for drinking, but also for irrigation and flushing toilets.

In 2005, the average American used 100 gallons of drinking (potable) water in his or her home per day.

Indoors, potable water consumption can be reduced by using low - flow plumbing fixtures and waterless urinals.

Use rain or gray water to grow the plants in your yard, rather than using high - quality potable water.

These use no chemicals they produce no sludge, and this equipment can recycle into potable water more pure than bottled water.

A bore hole drilled or being drilled for the purpose of or to be used for producing, extracting or injecting gas, petroleum or another liquid related to oil or gas production or storage, including brine disposal, but excluding a bore hole drilled to produce potable water.

The people who shouldn't have to are the poorest billion or two who live on a dollar or two a day, hardly use any ff anyway, and mostly have uncertain access to reliable sources of food and potable water.

And on top of that, the containers used to transport it (usually a repurposed container) may be responsible for contaminating the water because they aren't designed to store potable water.

Road construction from excavation to asphalt paving operation, Surface water channel construction, Electrical grid network and substations construction and Potable water plants and fire suppression water using Polyethylene pipes)

Rain barrels are becoming increasingly popular because the water is free, it's softer and chlorine - free and, perhaps best of all, it's a huge boost to the environment because it reduces the energy used by municipalities to treat and pump potable water and sewage.

Karen P, if you are suggesting that by your daughter taking a shower that it pushed material that otherwise should have been directed out to the septic field (but couldn't be as a result of the broken pipe) back into the sump - pump pit thereby creating a fresh stink, then the same effect should have occurred whenever potable water was run from within the home: sinks, toilets — said items which you didn't indicate that you hadn't used in the two weeks you worked in the home, prior to moving in.

Kitec piping was made and used extensively between 1995 and 2007 for potable water, in - floor, and hot - water baseboard heating systems.