Sentences with phrase «water runoff when»

«The removal of vegetal cover through burning would likely increase water runoff when it rains, potentially reducing their water retention capacity and invariably the soil moisture,» Ichoku said.

Not exact matches

The Complete Fly Fisherman is best savored in small bites, especially on early spring days when wind and winter runoff conspire to keep you off the water — where by all rights you should be — and in the library.

Steve: When nutrients, it's usually phosphates, get into the waters of the Everglades, it really just disrupts the whole system — these are runoffs from mostly the sugar plantations, right?

A year after the planting, when water quality inspectors checked his runoff, they found his septic system was no longer a source of pollution; fecal bacteria levels measured a hundred times less.

«However, the greatest reduction in nitrogen leaching occurs when bioenergy crops displace other cropland or grassland, because energy crops consume more water and less nitrogen fertilizer than the crops and grasses that they replace, resulting in less water runoff and nitrogen loss.»

«During the rainy season when floodwaters hit, the Puebloans would capture runoff water from small canyons known as the Rincons and local arroyos (periodic streams) such as Chaco Wash and the Escavada Wash..

Also, raw sewage may reach coastal waters when water runoff from big storms causes sewage treatment plants to bypass treatment.

When pesticides and herbicides are used on fields, the runoff contaminates the soil and local water with arsenic.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), «When pet waste is improperly disposed of, it can be picked up by storm - water runoff and washed into storm drains or nearby water bodies --[it] carries bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can threaten the health of humans and wildlife.»

Besides being inconsiderate, leaving your pet's waste behind can pollute water sources when runoff washes into streams and lakes.

Which leads me to another question — the melting glacial / Greenland / Antarctic ice water is depleted in CO2 (check out the bubbles in your ice cubes)-- how much additional CO2 is being sequestered by this runoff into the oceans, and what happens to CO2 increase when we run out of glaciers?

The volume of runoff also increases, reducing the amount of water available during the dry summer months when water demand is higher and supplies are lower.

Glaciers modify streamflow releasing the most runoff during the warmest, driest periods when all other sources of water are at a minimum (Stenborg, 1970; Fountain and Tangborn, 1985).

Runoff gains also could provide incidental benefits to the water supply of downstream users, but the increases were more modest when compared to total runoff from the Salt - Verde waterRunoff gains also could provide incidental benefits to the water supply of downstream users, but the increases were more modest when compared to total runoff from the Salt - Verde waterrunoff from the Salt - Verde watersheds.

This hardy succulent plant is one of the best choices when it comes to choosing roof covering for green roofs, since it offers natural insulation, helps manage storm water runoff and sequester carbon.

The main objectives of this study are to better understand the characteristics of the SR through an in - depth assessment of the contemporary water balance when the basin was intensively monitored (1996 — 2005), to use standardized runoff to select the best timescale to compute the Standard Precipitation (SPI) and Standard Precipitation Evaporation Indices (SPEI) to estimate trends in water availability over 1919 to 2005.

That's when reservoirs are full with storm runoff and dam operators must release water as snowmelt builds.

«Oftentimes, when we do our pre-drilling analysis, we'll find there are people that have bacteria, agricultural runoff, and sediment in their water supplies,» he says.

The most egregious space likely arises when it comes to «externalities» of pollution and environmental impacts: such as diseases from chemical industrial plant waste, damaged ecosystems from agricultural runoff, and leeching chemicals from trash threatening drinking water.

More melting snow and earlier runoff will mean too much water during the first months of the year and not enough later, especially during the summer months when it would be most needed.

When we use too much fertilizer on our yard, the excess is picked up by storm - water runoff and dumped right into our waterways.