Sentences with phrase «water reservoir combined»

This would transform a free - flowing freshwater ecosystem into an artificial slack - water reservoir combined with salt water.

Not exact matches

That month, the combined supply at all of California's biggest reservoirs stood at about 78 % of their average levels, but officials remained cautiously optimistic, saying there was no guarantee that the state would see enough storms to fully raise water levels.

Some companies sell propagation systems that combine the elements of a cover, an insulated growing tray, capillary matting, and a water reservoir.

The researchers separate six key strategy areas for reducing water stress into «hard path» measures, involving building more reservoirs and increasing desalination efforts of sea water, and «soft path» measures that focus on reducing water demand rather than increasing water supply thanks to community - scale efforts and decision - making, combining efficient technology and environmental protection.

What's more, aquifers lose no water through evaporation, do not flood ecosystems, and in California they have capacity for between 17 and 26 times as much water as all of the state's reservoirs combined.

These glaciers store as much water as all of the states lakes, rivers, and reservoirs combined, and 25 % of the North Cascade region's total summer water supply.

Fresh drinking water could become more and more scarce as drought and warming combine to dry up reservoirs, rivers, and groundwater — or polluted floodwater runoff contaminates what they do have to offer.

When CH4, CO2, and N2O emissions are combined, our synthesis suggests that reservoir water surfaces contribute 0.8 Pg CO2 equivalents per year over a 100 - year time span (fifth and ninety - fifth confidence interval: 0.5 — 1.2 Pg CO2 equivalents per year), or approximately 1.5 % of the global anthropogenic CO2 - equivalent emissions from CO2, CH4, and N2O reported by the IPCC (table 1; Ciais et al. 2013) and 1.3 % of global anthropogenic CO2 - equivalent emissions from well mixed GHGs overall (Myhre et al. 2013).

Fresh drinking water could become more and more scarce as polluted floodwater runoff contaminates rivers, lakes, and reservoirs — or drought and warming combine to simply dry it all up.

Furthermore, lower than normal snowfall across those areas of the nation dependent on spring melting for water combined with more rapid melting than usual, brought on by the warmest winter in the US on record, resulting in lower than usual reservoir levels.