Sentences with phrase «source of water for»

Is there a nearby hydrant or other reliable, year - round source of water for that fire department to use, or will they have to truck in water?

The glaciers, Asia's main watershed, feed ten rivers and are the source of water for 47 % of the world's population, and are dependent on water rising in the Tibetan plateau.

Warming has already contributed to decreases in spring snowpack and Colorado River flows, which are an important source of water for the region.

Furthermore, Kilimanjaro is a source of water for some of these people.

Glaciers in China that are a critical source of water for drinking and irrigation in India are receding fast, according to a new comprehensive inventory.

(02/12/2008) There is a 50 percent chance Lake Mead, a key source of water for millions of people in the southwestern U.S., will be dry by 2021 if climate changes as expected and future water usage is not curtailed, a new study finds.

Rivers, an extremely important source of water for humans, contain barely.0002 percent of Earth's freshwater.

Popularly known as the «Water Tower of Asia,» they are the source of water for rivers that flow across the continent: the Indus River in Pakistan, the Brahmaputra that flows through Bangladesh, the Mekong that descends through Southeast Asia, the Irrawaddy in Myanmar, the Yellow and Yangtze rivers of China and a multitude of smaller rivers that flow through the Indo - Gangetic plains of Northern India.

Since I did no math in my post, I assume you are panning my statement that the oceans are the source of water for precipitation on lands thousands of miles away.

Woodburn, a hydrogeologist by training, along with Carl Steefel, head of Berkeley Lab's Geochemistry Department, will develop a mechanistic numerical model of the Cosumnes River watershed, which extends from the Sierra Nevada to south of Sacramento, ultimately feeding into the Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta and the California State Water Project, the major source of water for much of Southern California.

The Arkansas spill has drawn new attention to the Keystone XL project, the much - debated 36 - inch pipeline that will carry diluted bitumen from Alberta, Canada to Steele City, Neb. if it is approved by the Obama administration, the Keystone's northern segment would cross the Ogallala aquifer, a crucial source of water for the Plains states.

Xinjiang's ban on glacier tourism in north - western China will do little to reverse the loss of ice caused by climate change — a crucial source of water for the...

Xinjiang's ban on glacier tourism in north - western China will do little to reverse the loss of ice caused by climate change — a crucial source of water for the country and much of Asia, writes Liu Qin

Nevertheless, they remain a primary source of water for many people.

Lake Lanier, the main source of water for Atlanta, could be dry in 90 days.

The Gibe 3 dam is built on the Omo river, which is shared between Kenya and Ethiopia and is the main source of water for Lake Turkana.

Assurances had been given that the Dakota Access Pipeline would not leak into the Missouri River and contaminate the primary source of water for the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation (or damage the multi-state Ogallala Aquifer — one of the largest in the world).

According to Voragine, there was once a dragon who had set up camp at the entrance to a spring, the only source of water for the nearby city of Silene.

provide access to underground rivers however and were the only source of water for the Itza people.

We definitely want at least one more source of water for them, but 2 more would be much better - a few like the faucet water too, but the more sources the kitties have the better!!!

Vegetation is another source of water for bearded dragons.

Is there a nearby hydrant or other reliable, year - round source of water for that fire department to use, or will they have to truck in water?

(2) You must have a source of water for washing hands, that, if practicable, should be external to the closed room where urination occurs.

The reservoir was active up until 1899, providing a source of water for the booming population.

If you want to get to the bottom of the issue, and how to guarantee the best source of water for you and your family, please buy a copy of my book.

Snow and ice from the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayan range (upper left), an important source of water for many people, can be seen feeding rivers that flow down through India.

Wellington, Colo., is Dolan's case study, in which he evaluates the economic, social, legal, and technological barriers that were overcome in order to use produced water as a source of water for agriculture.

The loss is more than cosmetic: The Alps supply a crucial source of water for irrigating crops across Europe.

In addition to its importance in the water cycle, as a potentially exploitable water resource and a source of water for brackish coastal environments such as marshes and coastal lagoons, it also can serve as an important source of dissolved chemical compounds such as nutrients and trace and toxic metals.

Groundwater is a key source of water for drinking or for commercial and industrial uses such as agriculture.

Small streams are a major source of water for these operations.

Glacier melt is the most plentiful source of water for the peasants of Ladakh, who eke out a living in a high desert region of the Indian Himalayas.

The lake is the source of water for the city of Syracuse, but the source comes from deep down, and Mayor Stephanie Miner says testing found no sign of the blooms in the system.

The brownish free - flowing Butre River that runs through the area has over the past decades been the main source of water for residents.

One unique feature of the crusade was the revelation that the Obana Stream running behind the neighbouring Chosen International Secondary School, Mgbidi serves as the major source of water for the mammoth crowd of worshippers.

But, that doesn't mean your cat won't drink water, so if you have multiple fresh sources of water for them, they are more likely to drink an adequate amount.

Runoff from snowmelt in these forests is primary source of flow to Salt - Verde rivers which in turn are major sources of water for communities in the Phoenix Metro Area.

At the same time, snowpack and glaciers — two key sources of water for many people worldwide — are melting faster due, in part, to warmer weather.

Not exact matches

Second, the Israeli public bears the cost of sourcing, transporting, and cleaning water; there are no government subsidies for water.

But Amazon emerged as a source of analyst concern on conference calls for tire servicer Monro Muffler Brake, swimming pool equipment distributor Pool and water heater maker A.O. Smith.

So they returned to the drawing board, trialing 10 iterations before eventually coming up with the final product in 2015: a 3.5 kilogram pump that can be attached to a central water source to provide clean water to a village of 100 people for up to two years.

USA Today made it to the town Arecibo on the Northern shore of the island, where residents hadn't heard any news from the outside world for four days, and the only source of fresh water is from a single fire hydrant.

Similarly, there's a chance that the pipeline's multiple water crossings could also contravene Ontario's Clean Water Act, which is designed to protect the sources of drinking water for the province's communiwater crossings could also contravene Ontario's Clean Water Act, which is designed to protect the sources of drinking water for the province's communiWater Act, which is designed to protect the sources of drinking water for the province's communiwater for the province's communities.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

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.

While a wide range of candidates are being considered, sources said Uber's board would prefer a woman exec for the job, echoing Mark Zuckerberg's move to bring in Google's Sheryl Sandberg to Facebook in 2008 when the social network giant was facing rougher waters.

Overview of Renewable Energy on the Outer Continental Shelf — BOEM is responsible for offshore renewable energy development in Federal waters and anticipates future development on the OCS from three general sources: offshore wind, ocean wave, and ocean current energy.

In sum, what started last April with a call to action to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to prevent a mega fossil energy project from threatening a primary source of fresh water has grown into a public interest campaign with powerful implications for energy development, the environment, and the rule of law.

Fun we know works too (integrating the metaphor of white - water threatening to engulf content marketers has already garnered attention for this article from a few sources).

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.