Sentences with phrase «river water for»

«The drought will cause displacement,» he said, noting that Iraqi agriculture depends on river water for 90 percent of its irrigation.

There's small kitchen with a sink that's fed with a pump drawing up river water for dish - washing.

It can even be used camping to filter river water for drinking!

The survey revealed that inland wetlands were more important to both resident and migratory birds than had been realized, and that wetland loss from damming and the diversion of river water for irrigation was at least in part responsible for the shorebird decline in Australia.

And because local people rely on fishing and on river water for drinking, the human impacts of oil pollution could be especially severe.

As to reasons for the decline, most analysts point to a range of factors including diversions of river water for farming, pollution, the intermingling of wild salmon with weaker, disease - ridden hatchery fish, and global warming — which creates some problems and exacerbates others.

Of course, doing that would be ruinous for the farmers who rely on river water for agriculture.

The surrounding community relies on this river water for bathing, drinking, and fishing.

While it is up to the N.R.C. to determine whether plants are licensed to operate, the state licenses the facilities» use of river water for operations and can theoretically put a halt to operations by withholding or limiting permission on the basis of concerns over water quality.

While it is up to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to determine whether plants are licensed to operate, the state licenses the facilities» use of river water for operations, and can theoretically put a halt to operations by withholding or limiting permission on the basis of concerns over water quality.

Grassroots environmental activists accomplished the impossible, stopping Suez, a multi-national corporation with plans for treating Hudson River water for Rockland County's drinking water.

The Westchester County Department of Health is advising people who use the Hudson River waters for recreational purposes, namely swimmers, boaters, kayakers and windsurfers to avoid direct contact with the water until further notice along the Westchester shoreline.

Not exact matches

If your business model revolves more around river tours and large bodies of water, the mighty kraken, complete with lots of morbid jokes about your service to the creature, ferrying tourists to feed its unending hunger for human flesh, may do a better job of making your employees feel like they are part of something greater.

Protesters, who refer to themselves as «water protectors,» have been gearing up for the winter while they await the Army Corps decision on whether to allow Energy Transfer to tunnel under the river.

While fracking typically consumes less water than farming or residential uses, the exploration method is increasing competition for the precious resource, driving up the price of water and burdening already depleted aquifers and rivers in certain drought - stricken stretches.

As it happens, EnCana itself has invested in a specialized $ 10 - million plant near its Peace River, B.C., operations that treats «sour» water from a saline aquifer for use in its shale drilling.

Protesters have said the pipeline could leak oil into the Missouri and Cannon Ball rivers, on which the tribe relies for water.

The park was called Disney River Country, and ceased operations in 2001 after Disney's second and third water parks, called Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach respectively, became more popular attractions for guests.

«Harvey Water represents the Collie River Irrigation District farmers and has been working for many years to find a solution to the increasing salinity in the Wellington Dam.

If China was investing in better health care, more retirement facilities for their aging population, and cleaning up their air (putting scrubbers on all their power plans) and water (forcing firms to stopping dumping industrial waste in their rivers), and generally providing more consumption goods and services to their own workers, THAT would be a step forward.

Laws related to drinking water, elections, financial transparency, matrimonial property, land surrenders and the removal of protections for lakes and rivers were passed in spite of strong opposition by First Nations.

In 2006, two years after Vedanta acquired the mine, the company dumped hazardous waste into the Kafue River, a major source of drinking water for the country, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of 2,000 residents.

If built as planned, the Dakota Access Pipeline will snake through the headwaters of the Missouri River, a life - giving source of fresh water for millions of people who live downstream, including Native Americans.

The scientists found that an east wind of 63 mph blowing for 12 hours would have driven the shallow waters back, both into the lake and the river channel.

And the last book of the Bible prophetically pointed to the gradual depletion of religion, that is false religion, by its members at Revelation 16, which says: «And the sixth one (of seven angels) poured out his bowl (symbolizing God's anger) upon the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.»

I'd be just as likely to take you on a walk up the mountainside near our house, under the canopy of the trees, so you could listen to the water running in the dozens of creeks dancing down waterfalls of stones, the water bright and cold and clear, heading for the Fraser River, moving towards the fullness of complete ocean.

And if, there being no water, because the camel will have drunk it all up, you thirst for wine from the river of wine that is flowing by, you will become intoxicated from drinking pure wine and collapse under the influence of the strong drink and fall asleep.

For you say that you have three rivers flowing in paradise — one of water, one of wine, and one of milk.

Its rainfall is bountiful, it abounds with mountainous regions with rivers, valleys, springs of water, and numerous wells — all exploited for agriculture.

But such things are not because of what Jesus has done, but are the lingering effects of the poison which was dumped into our river so long ago, and which will eventually be purged from the water once and for all.

What I do get it the beauty of the vision you have had as you describe here and in your video of the waterfall with the metaphors of the river water fall and lake for Father Son and Spirit and the peace that has accompanied that surpassing understanding.

Rev 22:1 - 2 — Then he showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

In Nebraska, the Platte River and some of its tributaries seem to be drying up because of the heavy use of water — 80 per cent of which is used for agriculture.

As oil in sesame seeds, as butter in cream, As water in river - beds, and as fire in the friction - sticks, So is the Soul (Atman) apprehended in one's own soul, If one looks for Him with true austerity (tapas).

That these tiny ones mimic, that their hearts are settled when my heart is settled, when I spill love and patience they are filled, that I am — inexplicably, amazingly, sometimes frighteningly — the influence sweeping them with me, one moment a river of life and the next a rooted oak and the next withering for water still, ever needing just enough for today.

Yet Scripture expects us to stand with Aristotle, so to speak, on this matter: «Thou visitest the earth and waterest it, thou greatly enrichest it; the river of God is full of water; thou providest their grain, for sothou hast prepared it.

They make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with water.

When he finally gives up, lets go, obeys his servants and washes in the water, there isn't a lot more healing for the river to do.

The rivers are where animals gather, as well as we when in need for water (if its fresh water).

There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes

Mitt Romney's first job after College was to work for Monsanto and help them improve their Corporate image after getting cuaght dumping known cancer causing PCB's into the rivers and water ways around the Great Lakes... So did the families that came down with cancer from drinking water contaminated by those dumped PCB's chemicals commite a sin against God... or did Monsanto commite the sin by dumping them?

Water can not quench it, Nor do rivers drown it; If one offer all the wealth of one's house For love, they will utterly reject it.

The river of reform was in full flood, destroying as it went and providing water for new growth.

For out of the believers heart shall flow rivers of living water.

As he entered the water, he saw across the river an Indian woman from a nearby village who had come for her evening bath.

And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.

For, was the surface of the earth even and level, and the middle parts of its islands and continents not mountainous and high as now it is, it is most certain there could be no descent for the rivers, no conveyance for the waters; but, instead of gliding along those gentle declivities which the higher lands now afford them quite down to the sea, they would stagnate and perhaps stink, and also drown large tracts of laFor, was the surface of the earth even and level, and the middle parts of its islands and continents not mountainous and high as now it is, it is most certain there could be no descent for the rivers, no conveyance for the waters; but, instead of gliding along those gentle declivities which the higher lands now afford them quite down to the sea, they would stagnate and perhaps stink, and also drown large tracts of lafor the rivers, no conveyance for the waters; but, instead of gliding along those gentle declivities which the higher lands now afford them quite down to the sea, they would stagnate and perhaps stink, and also drown large tracts of lafor the waters; but, instead of gliding along those gentle declivities which the higher lands now afford them quite down to the sea, they would stagnate and perhaps stink, and also drown large tracts of land.

As part of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office's Long Term Intervention Monitoring Project, a detailed Monitoring and Evaluation Plan has been developed for the Edward - Wakool river system.

For more information, please see the 2017 - 18 summary of the outcomes of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder's management of Commonwealth environmental water in the Namoi River VaWater Holder's management of Commonwealth environmental water in the Namoi River Vawater in the Namoi River Valley.

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