Sentences with phrase «rain water into»

The majestic mountains, Daintree rainforest and Cape Tribulation region hold the power to the survival of the Great Barrier Reef and the survival of our rain water into the rivers not only in Tropical North Queensland but to other river systems under the ground that are far reaching and dependant on the rainforests continued existence.

A busted sewer pipe has spewed 4.5 million gallons of raw sewage and rain water into Onondaga Lake after heavy rains the past few days, Onondaga County reported.

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Plus, the sewer system in Chicago is so inadequate that when it rains, all the water backs up into my building.

In addition, water collection systems channel rain and irrigation runoff water back into the ground.

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G. R. Driver comments, «As thus interpreted, the poem depicts the introduction of the youthful Baal as a god of fertility into the Ugaritic pantheon and the establishment of his supremacy, under El's suzerainty, over all the other gods, exercising power over earth as god of rain; for rain is the ultimate source of the life - giving water which is essential to the whole of nature, however it may be distributed.»

If they could only have cast their minds further back, perhaps they might have recalled a lost paradise: green and yellow meadows stirred by tender winds, umbrageous forests and emerald groves, glass - blue mountain peaks melting into azure skies, glittering bays whose diamond waters break in jade and turquoise surges on sands like powdered alabaster — where the rain falls gently, and is transformed by the setting sun into shimmering curtains of gold — where, beyond verdant valleys and limestone caves, lies a palace filled with every delight the senses can endure, enclosing garden courtyards where crystal fountains splash in porphyry basins, intoxicating perfumes hang upon the breezes, undying flowers of every hue shine out amid the greenery's blue shadows...

My husband used to go up on the roof and slowly pour that sealer stuff all around - he theorized that it would drip and seep into the exact places that the rain water would go!

Second, as soils become more compact more rain runs off, soil erosion accelerates, less water is absorbed into the soil and soil moisture for crops diminishes.

The rain is pouring outside and I'm listening to the delicate, almost meditative sound of water hitting the ground while sipping on a hot tea and biting into a warm scone.

I worked the U.S. Open at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., in 1989, when three inches of rain turned into six feet of water on low - lying fairways.

The sports which have attracted and very likely will continue to attract men and women to Hawaii are those which fit intimately into the original geographic plan of water, rock, beach, rain forest, moor and volcanic crater.

Any man who wanders in a scant span of 15 miles from rain forest into arid plains of cactus and algarroba and sees snow crests standing over tropic water naturally comes to wonder about the excitements of this varied land.

Sometimes the rain falls far away in the hills, unseen, and the water comes rushing into the camp unexpectedly, wreaking havoc.

Pour beverages from watering cans, so they «rain» into the cups when serving.

These chemicals seep into run - off water after heavy rains, poisoning lakes, rivers and waterways.

When contractions first started and my waters broke we went into hospital, but as I wasn't very dilated and they had too many women in for too few staff we were told to go home until morning (we had torrential rain that night for Goth Child's birth).

The months of rain and snow melting into Lake Erie has swelled its water level to the highest level since 1998, and a new U.S. Corps of Engineers» forecast projects the lake will remain 4 to 9 inches above average through November.

It's so hot and dry in Kansas that the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling, the Methodists are using wet - wipes, the Presbyterians are giving out rain - checks & the Catholics are praying for the wine to turn back into water.»)

So I was infuriated when Riverhead Supervisor Walter, asked about these die - offs, was quoted as saying that previous rain «may have washed toxins into the water» and quickly backed away from the «toxic» idea, saying later when asked about scientists» findings, «Yeah, well everybody has their own theory.

On if the improvement of power supply in the country is as a result of raining season or improvement on the part of Discos, Fashola said, «what is interesting is that for the first time in a long time, our gas fired plants and our hydro power plants driven by water have converged together, and when you factor that to the improvement that the Gencos investors have made into their plants and are still making, it explains the improved power supply that you have.»

This is also unnecessary since the tidal Thames effectively complies with the EU Directives on water quality and there are options, proven in several US cities and on the continent, not only to reduce the occasional storm water flows into the Thames, enough to collect perhaps 5 % sewage on the way, but also retain rain water for other greener uses.

Authorities believe 28 - year old Brandon Closure was swept away into the city's storm sewer system, after he accidentally stepped into an open manhole blown open by surging rain water.

A 36 - inch stormwater discharge drain about 600 feet south of the beach — closer than permitted under the state beach code — dumps potentially hazardous chemicals and bacteria into the water during heavy rains.

Offering a solution to the problem, the President advised residents living in flood prone areas to take the initiative to develop positive waste management practices saying, «if the rain water doesn't have an open cause to be able to go into the sea, it will flood city... even after we have done the Conti project, if we don't change our attitudes, we will continue to have this problem.»

Greenport Village Mayor George Hubbard is hoping to use some of the $ 1.3 million the village received from the Long Island Power Authority and PSEG - Long Island to do drainage projects at numerous road - ends in the village, in hopes of preventing contaminants from being carried into surface water when it rains.

A mighty atmospheric river, fueled by water vapor from the Amazon and heat from the sun, flows across South America until it reaches the Andes and condenses into rain.

But the real rains start in July, as storm after storm churns and sweeps across the open plains, rinsing the dust from the air, before spinning out into the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

Most places, the dirty rain water is directly discharged into the environment.

The snow and rain that comes in the cold season runs off into reservoirs, where it is stored for drinking water, agriculture, hydropower and other uses.

Many clouds at mid-latitudes make rain by freezing water into ice crystals (which fall from the cloud then melt before they hit the ground), rather than by coalescing warm water droplets together.

Rain water is shunted into storm drains, pushing the contaminated sediment downstream and delivering a fresh load of toxic runoff and snowmelt from city streets to Little Black Creek.

When it rains, water soaks into the soil, through compacted dirt and rock, until it is blocked by an impermeable surface.

Rising temperatures would put more water vapor into the atmosphere, which then rains out, increasing the amount of dissolved carbon dioxide that chemically interacts with the rocks.

Instead of going from sky to rain, into rivers, and then back into the oceans in the usual water cycle, it got stuck in Australia, caught up in record - breaking floods and rivers that run backwards into the continent.

Since most property was far from streams and there was little rain, officials then gave settlers formal rights to take water out of rivers and move it across dry land where it could be used to mine minerals or turn rocky fields into farms.

Black carbon typically leaves the soil when rain water carries the material into nearby rivers.

The city has committed $ 1.5 billion to erecting green infrastructure — green roofs, street and sidewalk plantings, porous pavements, cisterns, rain barrels — that will control and absorb storm water and prevent polluted runoff from flowing into waterways by capturing it and filtering it naturally through the soil.

In May 2000 the drinking water in Walkerton, Ont., became contaminated with E. coli O157 after heavy rains washed manure from farm fields into its aquifer.

While filming the elusive Basilisk lizard, which can sprint on water for up to 100 feet in moments of danger, photographers ventured deep into the Brazilian rain forest with a super-slow-motion camera shooting at 2,000 frames per second, 80 times as rapid as a traditional camera.

«A sort of grand problem in Earth science is to understand the water cycle — evaporation from the ocean, clouds, rain, the formation of ice, the runoff from the land back into the sea,» said Eric Lindstrom, Aquarius program scientist at NASA.

Rain and gray water, which is not recycled by the household, flows into the «energy alley «-- a green strip with plants that thrive on moisture.

«More water is pumped out every year than trickles back down into the aquifer from rain and snow,» he said.

A new study shows that as a glacier's ice melts, bubbles of pressurized ancient air escape into the water, leading to noise levels even louder than those beneath rain - pounded seas heaving with 6 - meter waves.

Then the researchers took the plants out into the forest, mimicking the natural process by which young leaves are gradually colonized by fungi swirling in the air or contained in water droplets when it rains.

When precipitation was changed from snow to rain, the stream system became «flashier,» the team writes, with the water that would have been stored as snow running off into the stream faster.

And the last source, researchers report in an upcoming issue of Geology, was rain falling into the Andes Mountains 100 kilometers east of the Atacama, leaching material like dichromate ions into ground water flowing toward the desert; over millions of years, the mountains grew taller and the change in elevation forced more ground water toward the surface.

Compared to a conventional patch of lawn, a rain garden allows about 30 percent more water to soak into the ground, keeping plants green and conserving water along the way.

Incessant mountain rain, snow and melting glaciers in a comparatively small region of land that hugs the southern Alaska coast and empties fresh water into the Gulf of Alaska would create the sixth largest coastal river in the world if it emerged as a single stream, a recent study shows.

As the Earth continued to cool from Years 0.1 to 0.3 billion, a torrential rain fell that turned to steam upon hitting the still hot surface, then superheated water, and finally collected into hot or warm seas and oceans above and around cooling crustal rock leaving sediments.