Sentences with phrase «water each year watering»

Maintaining a lush lawn requires regular watering and homeowners spend countless hours and thousands of gallons of water each year watering their lawns.

People waste billions of gallons of water a year watering their lawns, and the landfills are bursting at the seams.

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For years, it has worked to reduce its environmental pant - print, pioneering ways to wring water and chemicals from the jeans - making process.

With climate change, growing populations, and rising affluence, the demand for water is likely to grow substantially in the years ahead.

While trafficking routes have changed over time, in recent years narco subs and other vessels leaving southwest Colombia or northwest Ecuador laden with drug cargos often head out in the Pacific, even around the Galapagos Islands, before turning north in an effort to skirt law enforcement closer to home — which may include underwater sensors in Colombian waters — as well as US - led interdiction efforts.

Or, at least, they're using a lot less water to make it: MillerCoors announced this week that they've reduced their water consumption by 9.2 % over the past two years, saving roughly one billion barrels of water.

Among the most imaginative deals was a package that gave him a bonus despite the fact that his casino empire was losing tens of millions of dollars a year, and an agreement to that had the casinos spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on Trump Ice bottled water for the mini-bars.

Advocacy group Food & Water Watch says private companies charge 59 percent more than public utilities, or $ 185 more per year, per household.

FraneeB, the most helpful reviewer, has used these cloths for nearly a year on a daily basis, and she likes that she can dry large quantities of dishes and stains come out with bleach and hot water.

Indeed, a recent research report from New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) found that the majority of methane released in the air over the last 10 years likely came from agricultural sources (cow burps) as opposed to fossil fuel production.

During the 13 years Trump spent as chairman, the company lost a total of $ 1.1 billion and declared bankruptcy twice — all while Trump essentially paid himself roughly $ 82 million and also had the company pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy Trump Ice bottled water for their mini-bars.

The average American uses 176 gallons of water per day, and municipal water prices have increased 27 percent over the past five years.

Israel's most senior water official — the water commissioner, who oversees the Israel Water Authority — serves a five - year term after appointment by a cabinet miniwater official — the water commissioner, who oversees the Israel Water Authority — serves a five - year term after appointment by a cabinet miniwater commissioner, who oversees the Israel Water Authority — serves a five - year term after appointment by a cabinet miniWater Authority — serves a five - year term after appointment by a cabinet minister.

«Chesapeake Requiem,» a forthcoming book by Earl Swift, paints a timely portrait of the 200 - year - old crabbing community as it faces extinction from rising water levels.

We've pulled together some of the best advice from this year's 30 Under 30 Rising Star judges, who include: Phil Libin, a senior adviser at General Catalyst and co-founder of Evernote and All Turtles; Sarah Kauss, CEO and founder of designer - water - bottle company S'well; Spectacular Blue Smith, the social - media guru behind the Adwizar agency; and Jen Rubio, a 30 Under 30 alum and co-founder of luggage brand Away.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Some of the largest brewers in the U.S. are trying to reduce their water - to - beer ratio as drought and wildfire threaten the watersheds where they draw billions of gallons every year.

St. Louis - based Anheuser - Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, said earlier this month it had cut its water use by 32 per cent in the last five years by sponsoring preservation initiatives in water basins critical to its breweries, and by installing U.S. Department of Agriculture real - time weather and crop water - use data meters on suppliers» farms.

Robust consumer spending will be necessary just to tread water, and the Bank of Canada hopes consumers will spend slightly more this year.

Sloane said that he is capable of providing 150 million litres of water every single day for a year from a single iceberg.

Since 2012, Labatt Breweries has used its London, Ont., factory for one day each year to produce cans of water, ready to help emergency relief efforts.

He recalls a trip to Namibia last year, during which he passed through a tiny town with no running water or electricity.

These founders eagerly plot out five - year financial projections before they've even developed a product or service; a few theories about the fates of those impacted by a company's success are not any less likely to hold water.

That was more than 10 years ago, and today, Hoffman still runs his water company (recently rebranded as o2cool.com), reinvesting any and all profits in the company, while earning his living strictly from domaining.

The South African city has gone three years with hardly any rain, and is warning that it will be forced to turn off most of its taps at an unspecified date in 2019, leaving people to queue up outside for their water.

At the end of March, institutional and retail investors had $ 19.4 billion invested on margin, according to the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), a high - water mark in the 15 years that IIROC has been keeping track.

In October 2012, «Spirit» launched, becoming the company's first ship to sail through Australian waters, as well as the largest ship to cruise to Australia year - round.

It wasn't enough to compensate for all the excess water brought in by storms, however, and heavy rainfall on Saturday caused the dam to overflow for the first time in its 49 - year history.

One year later, the shade balls in the Los Angeles Reservoir have been deemed a success by the L.A. Department of Water and Power.

Last year, Mihaly gave water to people from a $ 10,000 turnkey campsite because they hadn't sufficiently prepared for a week in the desert.

Here's what Lake Oroville, the body of water contained by the tallest dam in the US, looked like in August 2015, during the height of California's raging five - year drought:

This is the third and most extreme mass bleaching event in 18 years to strike the Great Barrier Reef, and in each case, the areas that suffered the worst bleaching were the areas where the water was hottest for the longest period of time, Hughes said.

But that wasn't enough to push his portfolio above water for the year.

The Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday that a police Sgt. Steve Perez, a 60 - year - old man who had been on the force for 34 years, died in his patrol car after he took a wrong turn and got caught in the high water.

India pumps 190 cubic kilometres of water a year from below ground, but only 120 cubic kilometres is replenished naturally, says the report.

Along Colorado's Front Range, fourth - generation farmer Kent Peppler said he is fallowing some of his corn fields this year because he can't afford to irrigate the land for the full growing season, in part because deep - pocketed energy companies have driven up the price of water.

Spoehr, who served in the U.S. Army for 36 years before joining the Heritage Foundation, said there aren't enough transgender soldiers in the military for the RAND study's conclusion to hold water.

«We don't want to look up 20 years from now and say, «Oops, we used up all our water,»» said Jason Banes of the Boulder, Colo. - based Western Resource Advocates.

«According to the most recent assessment, the steady oil price recovery since summer 2017 and renewed interest in growth opportunities has led to oil majors catching up in terms of exploration activity this year, both in the shale industry and offshore deep water,» OPEC said.

The Gulf has seen a number of naval incidents between Iran and the US in the past year, including test rocket fire by the Islamic Republic and the brief capture of American sailors who strayed into its territorial waters.

It's because antibiotics, insulin and water chlorination didn't exist even 100 years ago.

Roughly a year ago, Sam Adams brewer Boston Beer (sam) debuted the company's first hard seltzer under a brand called Truly Spiked & Sparkling, finding inspiration from the increased sales of carbonated bottled waters and broader interest in low - calorie alcoholic beverages.

The Denver suburb of Aurora made a $ 9.5 million, five - year deal last summer to provide the oil company Anadarko 2.4 billion gallons of excess treated sewer water.

The county seat of Greeley sold 1,575 acre - feet of water last year to contractors that supply fracking companies, and made about $ 4.1 million.

Kleinwort's Water Strategy fund, launched in 2001, has an 11.8 % 10 - year annualized return.

Two years ago, the house, constructed from untreated woods and equipped with water - saving laundry equipment and compact lighting, was the subject of a story in the Burlington Free Press under the headline «Greenhouse» — which raised the hackles of many hard - core Vermonters, including more than a few former Seventh Generation employees.

The former finds inspiration from a carbonated soft drink industry that has seen 12 straight years of sales declines in the U.S. as consumers buy more bottled water and other healthier drinks.

It's estimated that the country needs to invest US$ 650 billion on water - related projects over the next several years.

Water, you either have within your borders or you don't, and those sharing a river will find conflicts becoming more likely with each passing year.

Pentair Ltd. (NYSE: PNR) P / E: 30.7 Yield: 1.5 % 1 - year total return (CA$): 63.0 % A large - cap maker of pumps, valves and water - treatment solutions.

Disney bought social game maker Playdom in 2010 for about $ 563 million and last year hit the mobile jackpot with the children's game Where's My Water?