Sentences with phrase «underground water resource»

McLaren Vale was the the first region in Australia to declare and manage its underground water resource so that it is self - replenishing.

For years, farmers have used windmills to harvest this natural and somewhat obvious force, driving bore pumps to tap into underground water resources.

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.

Not exact matches

But not all aquifers are exempted, and the system amounts to a patchwork of protected and unprotected water resources deep underground.

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

Oil companies have traditionally looked to so - called conventional petroleum resources — pockets of underground oil and gas wedged between water and impermeable rock — which gush to the surface when tapped by drilling.

MONGOLIA Oyu Tolgoi Phase 2: Plans, Issues and Risks An Overview of Oyu Tolgoi Phase 2 Mining Plans and some of the issues and risks associated with block cave underground mining, international metal price uncertainty, project power supply, and impacts on water resources used by herders.

Although the initial three - year phase of Deep Earth Imaging has only just begun, CSIRO has been working on projects relevant to the underground detection and description of water resources for some time.

Another series attempts to describe major underground resources such as water, natural gas and petroleum — the subject of numerous wars and political strife.

These resources include wind, sunlight, water, biomass (plants and animal wastes), and underground heat.

Detailed impacts, however, will vary strongly from region to region and coast to coast and therefore can not be easily generalized, as changing mean and extreme coastal water levels depend on a combination of near shore and offshore processes, related to climatic but also non-climatic anthropogenic factors, such as natural land movement arising from tectonics, volcanism or compaction; land subsidence due to anthropogenic extraction of underground resources; and changes in coastal morphology resulting from sediment transport induced by natural and / or anthropogenic factors.

• Worker safety standards enforced under the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Mine Safety and Health Act • Clean Water Act permitting of wastewater and stormwater discharges • Clean Air Act emissions regulation • Hazardous waste management and underground storage tank requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) • Spill and chemical reporting and release prevention under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Emergency Planning and Community Right - to - Know Act, Oil Pollution Act, and Clean Water Act • Regulation of chemical manufacturing and distribution under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) • Environmental disclosures under Regulation S - K of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and corporate reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters to the public and interested investors

Experienced in exploration and exploitation of solid mineral resources and underground water.