Sentences with phrase «underground water»

The dramatic loss of momentum in irrigation expansion coupled with the depletion of underground water resources suggests that peak water may now be on our doorstep.

The lack of chemicals means that there is less contamination to the soil or underground water supply.

Using the height of the building to create air flow for «passive air con» aided by cooling from underground water sources — and maximum use of natural light through translucent walls.

Furthermore, improper urban and industrial waste disposal threatens surface and underground water resource quality.

Future disputes could involve underground water reserves, he says.

Therefore, whether by runoff or through underground water our water bodies become very prone to pollution.

He said that wetlands, which are integral part of the intricate system of biodiversity, can help reduce risks of flooding, recharge underground water and help restore soils degradation.

The massive underground water source feeds the middle third of the country but is disappearing fast.

Hot underground water is widely used for both bathing and swimming.

I'm in the market for a new bat cave and am worried about underground water problems.

The longer conflicts go on, the greater the risk of contamination of underground water that could destroy water resources for decades to come.

That's a unique tool, says hydrologist Jay Famiglietti of the University of California, Irvine: «It's nearly impossible to accurately measure the changes in underground water storage with ground - based wells.»

They uproot every metre of underground watering systems.

In California, state officials have admitted to allowing oil companies to drill injection wells into protected aquifers and dispose of oil waste fluid into underground water supplies across the state.

A World Bank study indicates that China is mining underground water in three adjacent river basins in the north — those of the Hai, which flows through Beijing and Tianjin; the Yellow; and the Huai, the next river south of the Yellow.

Already, damage from the West's increasing reliance on underground water supplies is proliferating.

The tandem of satellites — called GRACE - 1 and GRACE - 2 — measure minute shifts in Earth's gravity to chart flows of mass across the planet, such as the unexpectedly rapid melt of polar ice sheets and the drawdown of underground water reservoirs called aquifers.

Vast underground water tanks occasionally catch sight of a relatively low - energy neutrino streaming out from the sun, but these «telescopes» can't gather enough neutrinos from distant objects to do much research on them, and such detectors often can't tell what direction the neutrino came from.

Highlights: Visit a remote underground water cave system in a canoes.

Riden ran through the list: exploration of hydrocarbons, coal and other minerals; help for the construction industry through knowledge of foundations; tapping underground water supplies; helping telecommunications deal with magnetic fields; and finally, on the national and local government front, important aspects of...

What is needed to successfully exploit all that energy, according to Nevada geologist James Faulds, is investment in more detailed geologic mapping, three - dimensional modeling of underground water flows, and testing of water chemistry that can indicate the temperature of subsurface waters.

New attractions to the site include a new main gate, a 15 - acre Wade Shows Midway, phone charging stations and a 315 - site Empire RV park with underground water, sewer and electrical service.

Diane Thomas - Lincoln explores the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the world's largest underground water tables, through landscape paintings and collage.

In communities where underground water sources have dried up entirely, all agriculture is rain - fed and drinking water is trucked in.

We use underground water which is filtered and sanitised through sophisticated and approved systems.

All together, a quarter of India's crops are grown using underground water that is not replenished.

Mars Express has provided the first sub-surface sounding measurements thanks to the first radar instrument ever flown to Mars, and discovered underground water - ice deposits.

The Park District has been pushing for the school district to restore those fields and for more underground water storage in the park at Prospect and Chicago Avenues.

It's the cost of replacing all 550 miles of underground water pipes, based on an industry average of $ 1.32 million a mile.

In a first, federal environment officials today scientifically linked underground water pollution with hydraulic fracturing, concluding that contaminants found in central Wyoming were likely caused by the gas drilling process.

In December, the agency scientifically linked underground water pollution to hydraulic fracturing for the first time.

Kamiokande (2007) featuring the vast underground water tank within the Kamioka Nucleon Decay Experiment, Japan; and May Day IV (2000/2014) depicting hundreds of revellers at Germany's long - running Mayday techno music festival.

At this pit on Mars, the steep slope at the northern edge (toward the top of the image) exposes a cross-section of a thick sheet of underground water ice.

A 2012 ProPublica investigation of more than 700,000 injection wells across the country found that wells were often poorly regulated and experienced high rates of failure, outcomes that were likely polluting underground water supplies that are supposed to be protected by federal law.

He learned that the Nagymaros dam (pronounced «nosh - marosh») would pond up pollution, destroy underground water reserves, dry out wetlands and wreck the unique...

With hazel was used by the Native Americans to find underground water sources.

Glide through a remote underground water cave system in a canoe equipped with powerful spotlights.

An abundance of underground water rises out of the 1.6 - hectare dark, fertile soil, filling two dams and providing the vast gardens of water.

Park district officials say underground water pressure has caused cracking and leaks in the pool that require costly maintenance.

Scientists discuss how agriculture and irrigation are changing underground water flows, rerouting them through contaminated ground

Set within a mysterious underground water facility (sounding familiar?)

When countries first detected falling underground water tables, it was logical to expect that governments in affected countries would quickly raise water use efficiency and stabilize population in order to stabilize aquifers.

The distillery, built over an ancient underground water source, has been synonymous with distilling for 120 years and we are so proud that Hawthorn's has been awarded such a coveted prize against such a competitive field.

«We'd be blind to the threats [to] underground water without well - drilling units and hydrologists working,» Mr. Romaine said.

Suffolk residents are paying two - and - a-half times the national average in taxes — more than two billion dollars since 1998 to preserve land and protect underground water supplies.

Water main breaks like the one in Troy last month that flooded streets and basements will be commonplace unless the federal government significantly ups its spending on aging underground water - supply systems, Rep. Paul Tonko told fellow lawmakers.