Sentences with phrase «use of irrigation water»

The total greenhouse gas emissions from making and distributing a pound of tofu is between 0.81 and 0.86 pounds, depending on a variety of factors such as the use of irrigation water, the distance of transportation and organic / non-organic.

Taking the CA Central Valley as an example, the single largest use of irrigation water is cotton, the production of which would scale back greatly if the federal subsidies for growing cotton were eliminated.

Not exact matches

Drip irrigation uses about half of the water that traditional irrigation does and can also produce larger yields.

Using a wide array of data from sensors in the soil along with satellite imagery and weather forecasts, the company designed a «personalized» irrigation system for each block of vines, greatly reducing water consumption and increasing output.

Still, the National Institutes of Health says that nasal irrigation is generally safe, so it can't hurt to try it — as long as you use the right type of water.

Nasal irrigation — sometimes called sinus washing or sinus rinsing — is the process of using salt water solution to clean mucus or allergens out of the sinuses.

One who rents a field and is negligent in cultivating it, must give produce to the owner of the field on the basis of production in adjacent fields.24 Since much of the land was under irrigation, strict laws applied to the use of water.

Sterman Masser uses innovative quality control technology in its production process, including the use of center pivot irrigation systems that conserve water and effectively water potatoes and corn.

To comply with drought measures and water controls, the ranch had to limit its use of irrigation and allowed roughly half of its acreage to fallow.

Over half of the facility's electricity is generated through solar power, and all winery process water is recycled for use as vineyard and landscape irrigation.

Consultation on the 2017 — 18 plan has occurred with South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (including the South Australian Murray - Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Board), New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Victorian Catchment Management Authorities, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, Water New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater and Natural Resources (including the South Australian Murray - Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Board), New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Victorian Catchment Management Authorities, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, Water New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater Holder, Victorian Catchment Management Authorities, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, Water New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individwater use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individWater Advisory Group and various community groups and individuals.

On the other hand, almost all smallholder cocoa is grown without irrigation in high - rainfall areas, so the water used in production of the cocoa is close to zero (apart from a small amount of water used in processing).

Water Efficiency: 85 % of growers used micro-irrigation systems to target irrigation, optimize water use and conservWater Efficiency: 85 % of growers used micro-irrigation systems to target irrigation, optimize water use and conservwater use and conservation

Most or all of the water used to wash and process the coffee is recycled and used for irrigation.

Yalumba is enforcing a change in the irrigation technology used by its growers from broadacre systems, which provide water to large swathes of land, to microsystems, which target specific areas, ensuring each drop of water counts.

This enabled the dairy to use manure solids to be naturally composted and used as fertilizer, and to turn manure liquids back into nutrient - rich water for irrigation of pastures.

Drip irrigation is the watering system of choice here, as it makes good use of the expensive water, it gets right into the soil, and the leaves don't get wet.

In addition, McLaren Vale built the first and largest reclaimed water network in Australia so that 100 % of all irrigation used in our region is now from a sustainable resource other than river water.

«This was a rainfed farming system with no irrigation, located in a region with abundant rainfall, and the impacts of using that water are very low.

Irrigation is the biggest use of water on the planet.

The objective of this study, supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Ogallala Aquifer Program, is to determine if the brown midrib, or BMR, trait affects water use efficiency, as well as length of maturity and level of irrigation, Xu said.

Not very appealing,» says Caroline Smith DeWaal, director of food safety at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C. «Treated sewage may be used in certain water systems that then are used for irrigation.

«Energy that would otherwise be lost during times of excess could be used to pump water for irrigation or to charge a fleet of electric vehicles, for example,» Dale said.

As Trout Unlimited's Denison points out, flood irrigation is just 35 percent efficient, meaning nearly two - thirds of the water taken out of the river is lost, and never gets used by the grasses it is meant to nourish.

The lack of water for quality irrigation throughout this arid region results in farmers using contaminated waters, leading to health risks from contaminated potatoes eaten locally or shipped to outlying areas.

«In this high mountain desert, water is a critically precious resource and the use of metal - polluted waters for irrigation may have substantial detrimental impacts on the lives of subsistence farmers,» said Bill Strosnider, researcher on the project.

Punjab is also home to an intricate network of irrigation and water management systems designed for crop use, energy production and flood control.

Using sewer water for irrigation is economically and ecologically of great interest in developing countries where water resources are limited.

New University of Florida research shows growers can keep using both their current sprinkler spacing and low pressure or enhanced real - time irrigation control to save water — and they can produce the same strawberry crop yield during mild freezes.

Above all else, they will have to consider whether they can any longer justify using more than two - thirds of their water for irrigation, especially when many crops are in surplus and, on many irrigation projects, around 40 per cent of the water is lost to evaporation.

The new study is one of the first to provide a global accounting of regional and local water impacts, taking into account seasonal changes and different types of intervention, including water withdrawals, reservoir regulation, land - use change, and irrigation.

Long before the use of sophisticated irrigation equipment, those along the lower Nile relied on natural flooding in the late summer and fall to deliver water — and fertile sediment — to the floodplains where they farmed their crops, says Francis Ludlow, a historical climatologist at Trinity College in Dublin.

They then used a crop model to simulate daily water requirements for various crops, driven by the researchers» modeled projections of precipitation and temperature, and compared these requirements with the amount of water predicted to be available for irrigation in a particular basin through the year 2050.

The turnaround started in 2007, when low - flow toilets and showerheads were installed nationwide and the national water authority built innovative water treatment systems that recapture 86 percent of the water that goes down the drain and use it for irrigation — vastly more than the second - most - efficient country in the world, Spain, which recycles 19 percent.

«In order to reap the benefits, we would need people to be aware of the appropriate amount of water, or else use sensors or smart irrigation systems, which are a good idea anyway.»

In recent years, some growers already have dramatically reduced the amount of water and synthetic fertilizer they use by practicing precision farming techniques, such as drip irrigation, which reduces the overall amount of water used and therefore nitrate runoff.

The contamination happens if E. coli enters water, either directly from the contaminative source, or indirectly via e.g. soil irrigation with fecally contaminated water or use of organic animal - based fertilizers.

To ensure food security, irrigation should be encouraged wherever and whenever it is environmentally sustainable, so the key is to improve the spatial and temporal allocation of water used for irrigation.»

The authors of a new study say that understanding container - grown plants» capacity to «capture» sprinkler irrigation water can give growers important tools that help them adjust irrigation rates, reduce water use, and produce healthy plants.

A recent study conducted with homeowners in central Florida found that, on average, 64 percent of the drinking water used by homes went to irrigation.

To put this data into context, about 50 percent of Floridians» daily water use is for outdoor purposes, such as landscape irrigation, according to the South Florida Water Management Distwater use is for outdoor purposes, such as landscape irrigation, according to the South Florida Water Management DistWater Management District.

A web - based irrigation system developed by researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences saved 21 percent in water use without reducing growth of container - grown landscape plants, a new study shows.

The researchers stress that because reductions in lawn water use are closely related to reductions in water contamination, a greater sense of environmental stewardship could be tied to everyday activities such as cutting back on unnecessary lawn irrigation.

Sometimes small changes in landscape irrigation practices, such as calibrating your sprinklers to apply the recommended amount, may seem like they would have minimal effect, but consumers can see reductions in their water use, especially when they consider the cumulative effect of small changes over time.»

A wind - sheltered irrigation area was used to evaluate the capture of sprinkler irrigation water by container - grown ornamentals as affected by species, plant size, and container size and spacing.

The findings have implications for watersheds around the world, because irrigation accounts for 90 percent of human water use globally, and local and regional aquifers are drying up.

While half of the park will use a traditional sprinkler - type watering system (right), NMSU will oversee the other half of the park, on which a subsurface drip irrigation system has been installed (left).

Watersheds not only supply water for domestic use but also provide a multitude of ecological and cultural services, including water for irrigation and industry, shelter, habitats for biodiversity and, in very poor areas, sources of livelihoods.

Seeking a long - term solution, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council announced on 29 January the massive investment, which aims to achieve sustainable water use by controlling total water consumption, improving irrigation efficiency, and restricting groundwater pumping, among other measures.

Like much of the West, the vast majority of the water here is used for irrigation, sustaining the hay and alfalfa needed to see Wyoming's cattle herds through harsh winters.