Sentences with phrase «reduced flow of water»

Hollis says computer forecasts predict continued drying across much of the national park, a reduced flow of water to the marshes, and that saltwater will be drawn in below ground.

An anti-scald device has a mechanism inside that reduces the flow of water when it is too hot, so almost nothing will come out of the faucet.

Design kinks aside - such as how to power the mirror's LEDs if you're constantly reducing the flow of water down the drain and so reducing the amount of harvested energy, and if that's even a way to harvest enough energy for 1 LED, let alone dozens - if you needed a way to keep the water crisis front and center during your morning routine, this would be the design for you.

Not exact matches

There was increased hydraulic diversity in zones 3 and 4 but reduced hydraulic diversity in zone 1 due to a reduction in the area of slackwater, which is likely to have an adverse impact on taxa that require slackwater habitat for recruitment and survival while benefiting taxa that require faster flowing water

As part of Nestlé Waters» ongoing efforts to improve the water efficiency of their operations, the company has implemented a number of conservation techniques and initiatives in their factories over the years, including reverse osmosis to better filter and reuse wastewater, advanced water mapping to more carefully manage the flow of water in and out of the plants, and xeriscaping to reduce supplemental irrigation on the grounds of each factory.

Virtually all parts of the plant are used to treat inflammation, infectious disorders, and various problems of the cardiovascular and digestive organs, while improving liver function and enhancing milk flow in nursing mothers... Moringa is rich in a variety of health - enhancing compounds... the leaves seem to be getting the most market attention, notably for their use in reducing high blood pressure, eliminating water weight, and lowering cholesterol.

Walk on trails to experience varieties in terrain, observe erosion and discover two methods used to slow erosion; play an active game that simulates water flowing downhill and how plant cover reduces erosion; and work as a team to create a model that maps the shapes and types of landforms and bodies of water at Moose Hill.

Early rupture of the membranes may eliminate the cushioning effect of the bag of waters and result in more trauma to the fetal head (Caldeyro - Barcia 1974) and may increase the likelihood of prolapse of the cord with reduced maternal uterine blood flow (Martel et al 1976).

To do so, they might reduce the flow on the American side of the falls by building a temporary structure to redirect Niagara River water to the Canadian side.

The Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant, which supplies about 20 percent of the water that flows into the lake, has spent millions on upgrades to reduce ammonia, phosphorous and other compounds.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today called upon the New York State Canal Corp. to take pro-active steps to reduce the amount of water flowing out of Hinckley Reservoir due to the extremely low water level in the reservoir, which serves as the major drinking water source for the Utica region and also supplies water to the Erie Canal.

«They appear wondering whether the votes they delivered yesterday would restore light, revive dead industries, complete the uncompleted ones, give hundreds of thousands of unemployed graduates employment, pay arrears of salary to workers and guarantee regular payment of salary; whether their votes will make water to flow again in their unused and rusted water pipes, reduce dust on our roads, revive our education and health sectors and so on,» he stated.

Extreme drought in the Colorado River Basin last summer forced the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which manages river flows in the Western U.S., to make a historic announcement: For the 2014 water year (October 2013 through September 2014), the agency will reduce releases of water from Lake Powell — the gargantuan reservoir on the Colorado River that parts of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah rely on for water — by more than 750,000 acre - feet.

Covering the cavity holding their gills may help a stock - still cuttlefish in another way too, the researchers suggest: It may stifle water flow in and out of that recess, thereby reducing the size of tiny pressure waves that could alert predators to the creature's presence.

Warming in the 21st century reduced Colorado River flows by at least 0.5 million acre - feet, about the amount of water used by 2 million people for one year, according to new research from the University of Arizona and Colorado State University.

Since the detection of the toxin microcystin left nearly half a million Ohio and Michigan residents without drinking water for several days in early August, discussions of ways to prevent a recurrence have largely focused on the need to reduce the amount of phosphorus fertilizer that washes off croplands and flows into western Lake Erie to trigger harmful cyanobacteria blooms.

Overall, aquatic ecosystems in western North America are predicted to experience increasingly earlier snowmelt in the spring, reduced late spring and summer flows, warmer and drier summers, and increased water temperatures — all of which spell increased hybridization between these species.

The finding of severe degradation in the basin due to reduced water flow has significant implications for managing the development of other rivers in Australia and around the world.

Missolonghi will suffer further reduced flows after the completion of the dam on the Evinos, its other source of water.

More than 10,000 migrating birds in the U.S. have died from an outbreak of avian cholera caused by reduced water flowing through marshlands of Oregon and California, according to federal wildlife officials.

The block uses an open - deck crankcase with crossflow head cooling channels that reduce the resistance to coolant flow, allowing the use of a smaller water pump.

Other enhancements prolong the life of the filter, oxygenate aquarium water and allow reduced water flow for Bettas, plants, feeding or other low - flow needs.

«Newer pump designs have advanced magnetic rotors and impeller blades, and the flow of the water through the pump have been maximized to increase flow and reduce drag and turbulence,» Wilson says.

Built of Forest Stewardship Council coast redwood lumber, these boardwalks reduce impact on the forest floor and tree roots, allow water to flow to Redwood Creek, and provide shelter for forest animals.

When the power plant became operational, the flow of the water was drastically reduced, thus stymieing the brute strength of Tudaya.

In particular, the very deepest part of the return flow (at around 3000 to 5000 m) has reduced and moved up in the water column compared to previous decades.

And water needs energy to pump & heat it, so anything that can reduce our consumption of it, like a low - flow showerhead (which saves $ 2,000 over its 20 year lifetime), is great.

Moreover, Ethiopia — never enamored of the agreement — has announced plans to build a huge hydroelectric dam on its branch of the Nile that would reduce the water flow to Egypt even more.

Thus, if the absorption of the infrared emission from atmospheric greenhouse gases reduces the gradient through the skin layer, the flow of heat from the ocean beneath will be reduced, leaving more of the heat introduced into the bulk of the upper oceanic layer by the absorption of sunlight to remain there to increase water temperature.

When the average school urinal in the UK flushes 151,000 litres of fresh water a year, there's got to be something that can be done to reduce the flow of clean fresh water being reduced to wastewater and headed to the local sewage treatment plant.

The dam is very special because it reduces the amount of water that flows past it (unlike normal dams, which merely change the equilibrium height of the water).

And once wide swaths of tree are cut, large land areas lose their shade cover, resulting in more evaporation from the soil, further reducing water flows.

While a negative AO leads to warmer temperatures over the Arctic, it also tends to reduce the flow of sea ice out of the Arctic by affecting the winds that can export the ice to warmer waters, where it melts.

This circumpolar deep water, which is relatively warm and salty compared to other parts of the Southern Ocean, has warmed and shoaled in recent decades, and can melt ice at the base of glaciers which reduces friction and allows them to flow more freely.

More than 10,000 migrating birds in the U.S. have died from an outbreak of avian cholera caused by reduced water flowing through marshlands of Oregon and California, according to federal wildlife officials.

The above changes mean that the volume of flow is reduced where partial pressure of water vapor is low and is a little larger than that where we have more water vapor.

The amount of water in the uplift reduces the flow from the side because it adds to the volume and because evaporation takes most of the energy available reducing the overall flow of air.

This water then flows into the well and greatly reduces the net value of the well.

-- under conditions that lead to adiabatic transition the pressure is also very close to hydrostatic pressure at every moment and every altitude — the loss of water from the air does not affect the pressure, it reduces the volume of the remaining air — the speed of the convective flow is reduced due to the reduced volume of the gas.

In principle, a large enough return flow of fresh water from rivers and glaciers could reduce the density of the surface waters sufficiently to stop them from sinking, in which case the whole AMOC would stop.

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The idea was that this would reduce the flow of cold arctic water into the North Pacific and warm that body of water.

If the energy source that adds energy to the water can not get past the evaporative region (such as DLR) then ALL of it is used up creating extra evaporation leaving no surplus and failing to reduce the upward energy flow from the bulk ocean.

The addition of water vapor and CO2 to the air layer will reduce somewhat the total net flow, which means that the cooling of the ocean skin layer will be slightly slower.

The consequences are the loss of groundwater recharge, reduced base flows in streams, increased flooding, and lower water quality.

Nearshore benthic communities also could undergo significant change induced by reduced ice cover, longer open - water season, changing flows through the Bering Strait, increased frequency and intensity of storms, increased river and freshwater runoff, and increased ice scouring and coastal erosion.

This overdrawing of water has reduced, in one example, the flow of the Athabasca River by about 29 % in the summer, compared to 1970s levels.

The drain, with a usual capacity to withstand up to 6,000 cusecs of water flow, and sends overflow to the Arabian Sea has been the victim of poor planning and design as well as excessive government corruption has had its capability reduced to around 4,000 cusecs.

But peak water flow is typically a seasonal event driven by snowpack melt, so the price - reducing effect of hydropower normally lasts only a few months each year, typically in the spring and early summer.

(Deforestation in the headwaters will increase the rate at which water enters the river, and hence initial flow rates; but should also have reduced the duration of the flood, and this flood has not been over quickly.)