Sentences with phrase «use of surface water»

Some of the major hydrology applications involve the use of surface water systems, namely rivers, open - channels, and estuaries.

The use of surface water is governed by more than a century of law and, in the case of the Colorado River, divided down to the gallon under a seven - state compact and state laws.

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«It allows users to eliminate toxic chemicals and use electrolyzed salt water to do everything from running dishwashers to sanitizing food prep surfaces to making «active» ice that prolongs the life of food.

The Namoi River Valley catchment covers around 4 per cent of the Murray - Darling Basin and uses around 2.6 per cent of all surface water and 15.2 per cent of groundwater in the Basin (excluding the confined aquifers of the Great Artesian Basin).

Combine baking soda with enough water to make a paste Apply it to oven surfaces, and let it sit for 15 mins Now take a scouring pad and scrub the inside of the oven remove deposits and then wipe dry It's a good idea to use gloves and glasses if you have them

Simmer pretzels, one at a time (or two, with smaller pretzels), about 30 seconds each, holding them under surface of water, use a slotted spoon or spatula.

3) Pre-heat oven to 450 deg Fahrenheit (230 deg cel) 4) Meanwhile, prepare the pizza dough but combing the tapioca flour, salt, 1/3 cup coconut flour in a medium - sized bowl 5) Pour in oil and warm water and stir well (mixture will be slightly dry) 6) Add in the whisked egg and continue mixing until well combined (mixture will be quite liquid and sticky) 7) Add in 2 — 3 tablespoons of coconut flour (one tablespoon each time) until the mixture is a soft but somewhat sticky dough 8) Coat your hands with tapioca flour, then using your hands, turn the dough out onto a tapioca - flour sprinkled flat surface and gently knead it until it forms a ball that does not stick to your hands.

1) Mix flour, butter and icing sugar in a bowl using two knives to cut the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs 2) Add in the egg yolks and vanilla extracts and mix well, then add iced water until the dough starts to come together 3) Shape the dough into a ball on a cool, flat, floured surface 4) Flatten dough into a disc and then wrap in plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes 5) Meanwhile, peel, core and slice the apples into as thin slices as possible 6) Mix sugar and ground cinnamon powder with sliced apples and let it rest for a while 7) Pre-heat oven to 180 deg cel 8) Once dough has chilled, roll pastry dough on a sheet of parchment paper until it has expanded to the size of the tart mold (I used a rough mold the size of a large pizza) 9) Leaving at least an inch of dough free, arrange apple slices by overlapping them slightly in the shape of a circle, starting from the outermost part of the circle, until you reach the inside 10) Fold the edges of dough over the filling and then sprinkle the dough with a bit of sugar 11) Bake for about 40 - 45 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the apples are soft 12) Serve warm, with a side of whipped cream or ice cream (optional)

To create an attractive surface appearance, I used a water - moistened finger to swirl the top layer of the batter into a somewhat neater arrangement.

In addition, farming organically also reduces ground and surface water contamination by refraining from the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, particularly important in areas prone to water shortages.

I've seen people use bowls that are small enough to just float on the surface of the water, though, and apparently it works for them!

Use a paper towel to remove the water that has come to the surface of the eggplant faces.

As organic agriculture uses no synthetic pesticides, there is no risk of synthetic pesticide pollution of ground and surface waters.

Using a pastry brush, lightly brush the surface of the dough with water.

Use a straw to blow the boats across a calm surface of water, what happens when you blow gently and then with more force?

• clean and sterilise all feeding parts before each use • do not use abrasive cleaning agents or anti-bacterial cleaners with bottles and teats • wash your hands thoroughly and ensure surfaces are clean before handling sterilised components • for inspection of the teat, pull it in each direction • place the teat in boiling water for 5 minutes before first use to ensure hygiene • throw away bottle and teats at the first sight of damage, weakness or scratching • replace teats and spouts after 3 months use • do not warm milk in a microwave as this may cause uneven heating and could scald your baby • always check the milk temperature before feeding • make sure that the bottles are not over-tightened • do not allow your baby to play with small parts or run or walk while feeding

These mattresses usually have a laminated nylon surface and do a decent job repelling all manner of yuck, but you may still want to use a water resistant cover as a back up.

To keep kids out of the pool, use fences around them or use the pool alarm as it will sound if anything breaks the surface of the water.

Use soap and water, commercial cleaners or commercial wipes to clean table tops and non-porous surfaces of allergen.

New powers to help water companies better control non-essential domestic uses of water during periods of water shortage Bodies managing flood risk required to take environmental considerations into account (sustainability duty) Water companies to operate concessionary schemes relating to surface water draining chwater companies better control non-essential domestic uses of water during periods of water shortage Bodies managing flood risk required to take environmental considerations into account (sustainability duty) Water companies to operate concessionary schemes relating to surface water draining chwater during periods of water shortage Bodies managing flood risk required to take environmental considerations into account (sustainability duty) Water companies to operate concessionary schemes relating to surface water draining chwater shortage Bodies managing flood risk required to take environmental considerations into account (sustainability duty) Water companies to operate concessionary schemes relating to surface water draining chWater companies to operate concessionary schemes relating to surface water draining chwater draining charges

As the quality of drinking and surface water declines, why not use some of the money for water treatment systems and other water quality improvement programs?

The Erie County Water Quality Committee's (ECWQC) mission is to protect and improve the quality of both surface and groundwater for their intended uses, primarily through the reduction of nonpoint source pollution and by focusing on Erie County water - related isWater Quality Committee's (ECWQC) mission is to protect and improve the quality of both surface and groundwater for their intended uses, primarily through the reduction of nonpoint source pollution and by focusing on Erie County water - related iswater - related issues.

«NYSTA's knowledge of highway use and regulation and traffic impacts, while important, is highly limited within the context of a complex environmental review covering surface and groundwater, soils, bedrock and geology, storm water, air quality, habitat, and climate, among other areas of specialized knowledge and expertise,» they wrote.

Those include possible exposure to chemicals used in hydrofracking, potential contamination of drinking water sources, and health impacts from naturally occurring radium that could be brought to the surface through the gas drilling process.

Greenport Village Mayor George Hubbard is hoping to use some of the $ 1.3 million the village received from the Long Island Power Authority and PSEG - Long Island to do drainage projects at numerous road - ends in the village, in hopes of preventing contaminants from being carried into surface water when it rains.

The second and third stage use two carbon block filters with large surface areas to remove the mineral and chemical impurities that affect the taste, odor, and color of your water.

The European Space Agency's Mars Express satellite has used ground - penetrating radar in some areas to look for a water table but found no evidence for one, despite research that concluded any water would be found within 9 kilometres of the surface — well within the reach of the probe's instruments.

In the Earth Surface Dynamics Lab at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) the behavior of rivers is modeled through the use of artificial rivers — flumes — through which water can be pumped at varying rates over a variety of carefully graded sediments while drag force and acceleration are measured.

Unlike traditional pipettes, which draw up liquids using suction, the liverwort relies on the surface tension of the water to hold droplets, says study coauthor Hirofumi Wada, a physicist at Ritsumeikan University in Kusatsu, Japan.

The top is crowned by a drinking glass, an instruction to drink enough healthy beverages like water and tea, and a human figure using the top's flat surface as a treadmill, showing the importance of exercise.

We report direct determination of the structures and dynamics of interfacial water on a hydrophilic surface with atomic - scale resolution using ultrafast electron crystallography.

Groundwater is an important source of freshwater, particularly in the West, and is often used to make up for the lack of surface water during droughts, the authors note.

When wind was simulated, a number of the spiders would raise their legs or abdomens to use as sails, propelling themselves across the water's surface.

Scientists have long used ocean color remote sensing to measure these particles in surface waters, and now, they will be able to reliably calculate concentrations of these particles through the water column.

The types of plastics are used in the plastic industry e.g. for packaging, office equipment and vehicle construction and float on the water surface for long distances.

Using strong jets of water from her funnel, she propels herself and the buoyant shell downward away from the surface.

Basically, they added three quantities: the consumption of rainwater (the so - called green water footprint); the use of ground - and surface water (blue); and the volume of gray water polluted (and therefore depleted).

Elevated iodide in surface water can promote the formation of highly toxic byproducts in drinking water when the iodide mixes with the chlorine used to disinfect the water at municipal treatment plants located downstream from oil and gas operations.

NOAA's Coral Reef Watch uses satellite observations of sea surface temperatures and modeling to monitor and forecast when water temperatures rise enough to cause bleaching.

Researchers previously used MRO's Shallow Radar (SHARAD) to map extensive underground water - ice sheets in middle latitudes of Mars and estimate that the top of the ice is less than about 10 yards beneath the ground surface.

Using the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, in Arizona, the HOSTS Survey determines the brightness and density of warm dust floating in nearby stars» habitable zones, where liquid water could exist on the surface of a planet.

Convinced that the planet's minerology held the answer to this puzzling question, a team led by Dr Jon Wade, NERC Research Fellow in Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences, applied modelling methods used to understand the composition of Earth rocks to calculate how much water could be removed from the Martian surface through reactions with rock.

They examined light adaptation mechanisms of visible - and IR - radiation - using phototrophs required for adapting to land habitats and found out that IR - using phototrophs struggle to adapt to changing light condition at the boundary of water and land surface.

«Society depends on surface water for the vast majority of human uses,» said co-author Stephanie Hampton, director of Washington State University's Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach in Pullman.

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«The operation of an enhanced geothermal system uses the injection of a fluid (water or carbon dioxide) to extract thermal energy from the rock located a few thousand metres below the surface, and whose permeability has been improved or stimulated previously with fracturing processes,» explains César Chamorro, one of the authors.

Oil well operators used more than 80 billion gallons of water in California last year in «enhanced» oil recovery techniques such as steam injection and water flooding, which help bring heavier, thicker crude to the surface.

The researchers used water and water mixed with glycerin to create a model for predicting the velocity and height of the droplets, or jet aerosols, cast upward as bubbles on a liquid's surface burst.

An international team of scientists led by Newcastle University, UK, and funded by the US Office of Naval Research, have shown for the first time that barnacle larvae release an oily droplet to clear the water from surfaces before sticking down using a phosphoprotein adhesive.

The Loa surface and groundwater system supplies the great majority of water used in the region, and meets much of the municipal and agricultural demands.