Sentences with phrase «water reserves»

Future disputes could involve underground water reserves, he says.
A series of rock formations separates the natural water reserve from the ocean, allowing the waves to flow into the pool in a way that resembles a waterfall.
The accelerating demand pushed by demographic pressure and increasing competition for water reserves results in the risk of water resources not meeting demands.
Within a given region, the change in mass due to rising or falling water reserves influences the strength of the local gravitational attraction.
For more earth - friendly jeans, choose organic brands — organic farming methods protect the soil, and healthy soil holds more water reserves to help in times of drought.
The issue here, of course, is that people may not always appreciate the impact on water reserves as a result of the manufacturing processes to make the various goods we purchase.
Beneath its sandy soil is one of the largest fresh water reserves in the world, the Mexican Lindbergh crashed and died there, but like most dark forests it conjures visions.
But while a catastrophic situation was narrowly avoided by the transfer of water reserves into the metropolitan area's parched reservoirs, Brazil may not be out of the woods just yet.
As a result of the break, Niagara County's emergency interconnect was activated, which helped feed water reserves at the NFWB's Buffalo Street treatment facility.
Saudi dairy company Almarai, which in 2014 bought 9,600 acres of farmland in Arizona, has expanded its U.S. farmland holdings to 14,000 acres, causing growing worries about the state of local water reserves in drought - stricken Palo Verde Valley in southern California.
As a result, Niagara County's emergency interconnect has been activated, which is now helping to feed water reserves at the NFWB's Buffalo Street treatment facility.
Residential and educational facilities are improved due to the construction of new sanitary facilities at schools, which prevent the pollution of drinking water reserves.
The favored theory is that drought was the driving force (the Yucatan Peninsula lacks natural water reserves).
Other works engage with the necessary conditions of life such as soil and, more prominently, water in an era marked by water reserve depletion, acidification of the oceans, rising sea levels, and mass extinction as well as the migration of people and species.
Mango Cookies 1 cup basic mix 1/2 cup oat flour 1/4 cup raw almond butter 1/4 cup date paste 1/2 cup mango puree (dried mango slices soaked in water for 2 hours, drained, and blend with water reserved from soaking)
We have also commissioned a new process water treatment and re-use system which will reduce our annual usage of island fresh water reserves up to 75 %.
Wells estimates that in colder waters this reserve might suffice for an hour or more.
Given the risks of rising seas, thawing permafrost and lost glacial water reserves, some scientists have begun to wonder if aggressive intervention may prove necessary — the suite of techniques commonly known as geoengineering.
They are involved in processes involving hydrochloric acid secretion for digestion, triaging water reserves to key areas of the body and the inflammatory response.
Brown said these ancient waters reserves are «like an oil field.»
In 2005, Green Environment Design and Service Co., Ltd. participated in the establishment of industrial standard conducted by Ministry of Construction, and its patent product, namely special water reserving panel and drain panel for building greening, has been incorporated into national new type building material standard picture gallery.
The orb also displays real - time local water reserve levels and precipitation forecasts so that users can see their water use in context.
A 1984 Saudi national survey reported fossil water reserves at 462 billion tons.
Hook up a standard garden hose and you can water your flowers or vegetable beds without having to draw from municipal water reserves.
Kenya's Environment Minister Judi Wakhungu recently announced the discovery of an enormous underground water reserve in the country's drought - stricken northwestern Turkana region.
If we pin atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration to right about 300 to 320 ppm, we are looking at 20 - 30 thousand years of stable climate, with huge fresh water reserves, and we are only about half way into a global mass extinction.
He notes that as the deep aquifer under the North China Plain is depleted, the region is losing its last water reserve — its only safety cushion.
Lake Nicaragua is an important drinking water reserve, and communities depend on it for fishing.
Many have speculated that drought could have been the driving factor, since the Yucatan Peninsula lacks natural water reserves.
Glaciers serve as a natural storage and release system of freshwater, and premature melting would result in a massive depletion of water reserves.
For Saudi Arabia, buying land abroad helps the country maintain its food security and preserve what remains of its water reserves.
Since the kingdom is unable to grow alfalfa locally without reducing its water reserves to an even more dangerous level, it is buying land abroad to grow the plant.
In a blind headlong rush to gain profit by any means these forces have already begun to obliterate animal species, forest cover, fish stocks, water reserves, land and air, and have engaged upon a satanically mindless pilfering of finite resources by vandalism of Mother Earth, and have raised gigantic questions over human survival prospects.
Slowly whisk the water reserved from the pasta into the egg yolk and cheese mixture so that the eggs begin to cook.
1 cup pitted dates, soaked in warm water for 15 minutes and drained (water reserved) 1 pound carrots, peeled if desired, shredded 1 large or 2 small red apples, peeled if desired, cored, and chopped (I had 250g prepped Fuji apples) 1/4 cup date soaking liquid 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp ground cinnamon (consider also adding nutmeg and ground ginger) 1/4 teaspoon sea salt 3/4 cup coconut flour Stevia to taste (optional, did not use)
California's Central Valley experienced some consecutive days of temperatures at 100ËF + in early August; in France's Provence and Languedoc regions, water reserves are low; in Italy, mildew and juice levels are a concern.
What is said to be the country's worst drought in a millennium continues for a seventh year, driving drinking - water reserves to record lows across the country.
He learned that the Nagymaros dam (pronounced «nosh - marosh») would pond up pollution, destroy underground water reserves, dry out wetlands and wreck the unique...
But as well as public resistance, the dumps are meeting scientific opposition because of their potential to cause massive, long - term damage to underground water reserves.
This situation places strain upon China's water reserves and will only intensify as China's economy and consumption of water - intensive food continues to boom.
So they're starting to desalinate water at night and store it so that when in the daytime, the water demand is also higher they actually don't have to run the power plants so much to support the desalination plants because they have a water reserve.
And if the sediment settles in a reservoir, the reservoir will fill with dirt instead of water, severely shortening the lifespan of the water reserve.
To make matters worse, the pipeline would cross almost the entire length of the Ogallala aquifer, one of the world's largest underground water reserves, from South Dakota to Texas.
Faecal pollution is increasingly more common in rivers and water reserves.
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