Sentences with phrase «value of the water for»

Through their filtering of the water, mussels seem to be creating «cascading» effects that change the nutritional value of the water for other species.

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«Backup power is going to be of value certainly to businesses that worry about disruptions from hurricanes, storms, or even droughts that make water scarce for utilities,» Makower says.

«It shows the Trump administration doesn't hold the same American values for clean air, clean water and healthy land as the vast majority of its citizens,» McCarthy said in a statement.

After devoting a solid 15 pages of his letter on how the U.S. should slash regulations, Dimon made a point to single out a single area of government oversight that has undeniable value: «Some regulations quite clearly create a common good (e.g., clean air and water),» Dimon noted, in a sentence that went on to catalog the ways regulation is otherwise bad for the economy — making it all the more striking that he chose to highlight environmental issues.

The future of water and value added products related to water certainly looks like a better option than the carbon industries for Canadians in the future.

At Nestlé, we have analyzed our value chain and determined that the areas of greatest potential for joint value optimization with society are Nutrition, Water and Rural Development.

L'Université Laval came third, providing the students with multiple endowed faculty chairs specializing in a variety of topics including materials for renewable energy, modelling for water quality and planning sustainable forest value networks.

Worse, there is evidence that the Alberta government has approved logging in the foothills not for the commercial value of the timber produced but for the express purpose of increasing water flow.

Since the value of the crops per hectare would be about $ 10,000, the present cost of about $ 5,000 for desalinated water per hectare is too high.

Since then, for a number of reasons (air and water pollution, health concerns ignored and in fact unknown by scientific medicine, ecological issues), this questioning of the omnicompetence of the scientific method to uncover the truth, and of the creative value of technological «progress,» has deepened and spread and now penetrates much further into the culture as a whole.

But manawa signifies instead «the lingering, gentle ebb of water across a tranquil bay,» as George Kanahele describes it in Ku Kanaka: Stand Tall, A Search for Hawaiian Values.

Founded on the values of transparency, compelling storytelling and the singular mission to provide clean water where it's needed, charity: water has since provided clean water for more than 6.3 million people.

He said the company ethos is to make cold brew more accessible whilst upholding the quality and values of speciality coffee, ethically sourcing the best in - season, single origin Arabica coffee, roast with precision, and grind and brew with cold, filtered water for over 18 hours at its microbrewery in Hackney.

«I see us being less of a paper - feeding machine and rather a dispenser of value added substrates like water - soluble flavorings or ingredient - bonded films used for flavor transfer.

Carryover of water is provided for in regulated parts of the Murray — Darling Basin and allows entitlement holders to keep water in storages so that it can be used in subsequent years when it may be of greatest value to them.

The abovementioned estimated of amount of rice to be consumed is adjusted for 12.2 % to bring the cited 3.57 ug / g dry weight concentration to a fresh weight value, and then allowing for 150 % water absorption during cooking.

Record rainfall and growing concern over the politics of the Murray Darling Basin have not been enough to dent the values and demand for water entitlements in Australia's booming farming regions such as the Murrumbidgee.

Because of the value of spices, Christopher Columbus, searching for a water route to these very islands as well as India, changed the history.

The Company is driving innovations that extract value from material, polymer, chemical and biological science to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity.

Funding will be made available for approved projects up to the market value of the water saved.

This three - year project will determine the economic value of these «ecosystem services» received from conserved land and clean water, and incorporate the information into decision - making for smart land use in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Instead, it's an uneasy plunge into murky existential waters, using a severely disabled child as a conceptual canvas for her parents» explorations into the value and purpose of life.

The total value of my cloth diaper stash is $ 705.53 * Detergents — $ 51.00 Utilities (water and electric) $ 173.55 ** Total cost for cloth diapering in Year 1 (2007)-- $ 930.08

Their true quote: «An eighth of a cup of tomato paste has the nutritional value of a half - cup of vegetables and when mixed with water for pizza sauce, more of a vegetable is created.»

16 Minute Club: a box of helpful goodies for the breastfeeding mother, $ 35 value Bamboobies: Bellease Organic Belly & Baby Butter, $ 17 value Bebe Au Lait: a BAL - NEST Nursing Cover, $ 36 value Beco: a Beco Soleil baby carrier, $ 140 value Belmama and Cherub: a Shower Hug, $ 30 value Crane USA: a drop or adorable humidifier, and a belly glo night light, $ 65 value Freja Toys: a Babywearing Mommy Doll, $ 42 value KangarooCare: a Wooden Teething Bracelet, winner's choice of color, $ 19 value Little Spruce Organics: Organic Wool / Silk Nursing Pads, $ 21 value Luv My Bag: a LillyBit UpTown Diaper Clutch in Chevron, $ 35 value Melinda G: a Dreamy Sleep Bra in black, $ 25 value Momzelle: $ 25 Gift Certificate for momzelle.com, $ 25 value Motherlove: Diaper Rash and Thrush, $ 10 value A Mother's Boutique: winner's choice of a nursing top from the Annee Matthew collection, up to a $ 75 value Mrs Patel's: a bag of Chai Spice Milk Water Tea, a $ 12 value My Baby's Heartbeat Bear: a Lil» Octopus, a $ 35 value Naked Nursing Tank: Midnight Black Luxury Bamboo Edition, $ 40 value NuRoo: a NuRoo Pocket, $ 60 value Nursing Bra Express: a Medela Sleep Bra, $ 20 value One Creative Mama: winner's choice of a mom / baby shirt set, up to $ 55 value Undercover Mama: one Undercover Mama, $ 25 value The Vintage Honey Shop: $ 20 shop credit, $ 20 value

The health benefits of «water clubs» in care homes for the elderly, where residents gather together regularly to drink water, owe as least as much to the social nature of the activity as to the value of drinking water itself, an investigation by psychologists has shown.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday, Donovan cited damages for lost property value on his home and medical costs associated with a host of problems he blames on the pollutants, called perfluorooctanoic acids, or PFOAs, dumped into the water by Saint - Gobain Performance Plastics and Honeywell International.

Developer Charles E. Hoffman of Halfmoon paid approximately $ 22,500 for the parcels even though an appraiser hired by the town estimated the value of the properties — which were decommissioned water - supply sites — at more than $ 250,000.

The team knew the temperature of the argon, which was at the triple point of water, so could convert the energy measurement into a value for the Boltzmann constant.

It has developed several versions of membrane - based water - reclamation systems capable of delivering product water suitable for high - value reuse application.

In addition to economic value lost in the timber sector, drought reduces water quality, harms the quality of recreation activities, decreases rangelands suitable for livestock grazing and boosts wildfire risk.

When analyzing water, for instance, according to Conservation International, researchers studied the value of the crops dependent on water for irrigation, as well as the value of the energy water generates through hydroelectric dams, among other factors.

For other assets, like water, analysts determined the overall value by tallying the values of the services and manufactured products related to the resource.

This unprecedented recognition of the cultural and environmental value of rivers in law compels us to re-examine the role of rivers in society and sustainable development, and rethink our paradigms for valuing water.»

The UK regulator, Ofwat, deems that leaks within the UK water network have been at an economically sustainable level for the last 15 years — which means that the cost of finding and repairing the leaks would cost more than the value of water lost.

Coastal wetland areas are easier for governments to manage compared with ecosystems that reside in international waters, further adding to the strategic value of coastal wetlands in the fight against climate change.

We need to find ways to put a value on the full range of ecosystem services and implement monitoring and payment systems to reward those managing land sustainably — for example, by offering incentives for carbon sequestration or water catchment services.

Stripped of its nitrate, the water is ready for return to the fish tanks, having essentially been filtered by the roots of fast - growing, edible, high - value plants.

Some of the world's largest banks plan to cut credit for companies that rely on but fail to value forests, water and other natural resources

I know Dave Pimentel at Cornell has been trying to categorize this for a while, but this idea of actually assigning economic values to things that are usually left out of economic equations, like the cost of cleaning water, you know, so do you want to talk about that a little bit more.

Accounting for food's nutritional value and the land and water resources needed to produce exports offers a more holistic view of how trade affects global food security and the environment.

(C) The Secretary shall determine the amount under subparagraph (B)(i) for each product type, in consultation with State and utility efficiency program administrators as well as the Administrator, based on consideration of the present value to the Nation of the energy (and water or other resources or inputs) saved over the useful life of the product.

We demonstrated the ability of ultra-fast tomography to quantitatively image quick changes of water content in the rhizosphere and outlined the value of such imaging data for 3D water uptake modelling.

Further understanding how land formation techniques (leveling, grading, and raised - bed construction) for improved water and nutrient management and efficiencies affect soil structure and the behavior of nutrient and water dynamics is required to develop refined and integrated management practices and realize the potential of high - value non-rice crops.

Eugene Mamontov's background in both basic and applied science has made him a valued partner for scientists who come to the Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL in search of a better understanding of the water dynamics in their research — projects as diverse as studying plant cellulose or analyzing nanostructured membranes for desalination.

The German Science Foundation (DFG) has granted Christian Welzel, the Vice-President of the World Values Survey Association, the Reinhard Koselleck Award of the amount of one million Euro to conduct research for the project «The Cool Water Effect: Why Human Civilization turned towards Emancipation in Cold - Wet Regions.»

For more than 15 years, these partners have sustained collaborative projects focused on a shared value of protecting our natural resources — people, air and water.

The theoretical mean sea level (or theoretical mean water, MW) is an estimate for the long - term mean value (more precisely, expectation value) of sea level, made for practical purposes.

This freshwater tracer method, which takes advantage of the large differences in the δ18O values of the freshwater sources [31], has been used for decades to partition surface waters into constituent water sources [32]--[38].

The little things in life have more power to change the value of my life than all the fancy gadgets or trendy clothes that money can buy: the passing smile of a stranger; a cold mineral water on a hot day; an «I love you» note waiting for me in an unexpected place; and other seemingly insignificant experiences.