Sentences with phrase «water use by»

Served as the instrumentation representative on a City Water reduction task force that cut city water use by more than 70 %.

More efficient fixtures and appliances can reduce home water use by 45 percent, thereby reducing emissions.

For 300 million Americans, such a reduction would cut grain use by 30 million tons and irrigation water use by 30 billion tons.

Its sleek design houses a nifty self - contained greywater system that is capable of reducing water use by up to 25 % compared to a standard 6 / 3 - litre dual flush toilet... The system uses Roca's «water - reuse technology» and also features an automatic cleaning system that avoids flushing bacteria into the unit's built - in cistern, cutting down on unpleasant odors.

Air - cooling would cut the water use by 80 to 90 percent.

This irrigation system takes a look at weather reports before giving sprinklers the OK to turn on, helping to cut water use by 59 %, and water run off by 71 %.

Personally, my water conservation challenge taught me that I could easily cut down my water use by making economical choices in how I was using water each day.

Water use: Immediately manage the combination of stormwater peak discharge and potable water use by 50 percent below the district baseline.

The black water and desalinization system alone is expected to cut potable water use by 60 - 70 % over typical convention centers.

More than 40 % of all urban water suppliers reduced their water use by 30 % or more.

Residents are required to try to cut their water use by an additional 20 % over «regular» reductions.

Switching from flood or furrow to low - pressure sprinkler systems reduces water use by an estimated 30 percent, while switching to drip irrigation typically cuts water use in half.

By going green, the new Civic Center will reduce it's water use by 80 percent and it's wastewater discharge by 45 percent.

This would reduce irrigation water use by roughly one third, since transplanting would coincide with the arrival of the monsoon.

3) Some recent research indicates that enhanced CO2 availability increase the efficiency of water use by trees, because it's easier to pull sufficient amounts of the gas from the atmosphere without having to leave their stomata open and let water escape.

Also, a 2009 law calls for a 20 % statewide reduction in urban per capita water use by 2020.

We are limiting our water use by placing biodegradable cups in room, replacing towels left on the floor, & changing sheets every 3rd day of your stay (unless requested).

Its LightStay program, which evaluates each location's footprint, has helped Hilton cut overall carbon output by 10.9 percent, water use by 7.5 percent, and waste by a full 23.3 percent over five years.

The Philippine government has adopted water - saving technologies — particularly, the IRRI - developed alternate wetting and drying technique — that can reduce water use by up to 30 % and greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50 % while maintaining yield.

Comparative soil water use by annual crops at a semiarid site in Montana.

However, more atmospheric CO2 is predicted to increase crop biomass and subsequent yields, and reduce water use by allowing plant stomates to open over shorter periods, thus assimilating the same amount of atmospheric CO2 while conserving moisture (Cutforth et al. 2007).

However, eating the recommended «healthier» foods — a mix of fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood — increased the environmental impact in all three categories: Energy use went up by 38 percent, water use by 10 percent and GHG emissions by 6 percent.

Water regulators said they approved a plan by some of the state's most senior water rights holders to voluntarily cut back water use by 25 % in exchange for assurances they would not face further cuts

A report published last year by the Pacific Institute and NRDC showed that businesses and homes could reduce their water use by more than half by installing efficient bathroom and kitchen fittings, fixing leaks and replacing lawns with hardy native plants.

Seeking a long - term solution, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council announced on 29 January the massive investment, which aims to achieve sustainable water use by controlling total water consumption, improving irrigation efficiency, and restricting groundwater pumping, among other measures.

With clothes washers, EnergyStar models can cut energy use by over a third and water use by half.

THE worst recorded drought in California's history has forced state regulators to restrict people's water use by a quarter.

Results show that on average, participants underestimate water use by a factor of two, with severe underestimates for activities that use a lot of water.

They need to tackle difficult policy issues, such as development of water markets and pricing, expansion of water efficiency and productivity programs, elimination of government subsidies that encourage inefficient or unproductive water use by cities and farms, and agricultural reform.

Rainwater or reused water from bathing or kitchen activities — often called gray water — provides a method for replacing fresh water in toilet flushing and yard irrigation that could, the authors say, cut household water use by 50 percent or more.

They tied measurements of climate and streamflow to data collected in long - term vegetation plots and measurements of water use by individual tree species.

We recommend that you hand wash your wool soakers and wool diaper covers as you can cut back water use by at least 50 % when using Eucalan.

My area is trying to get everyone to cut their water use by 20 gallons per day, and they were giving them out at local events.

By reducing that to 5 minutes, you can reduce the amount of water you use by nearly one - third, or roughly 10 gallons per day.

Members of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) in Britain who are working towards an industry - wide water reduction target have collectively reduced their water use by almost a quarter since 2007.

By 2024 the brand aims to reduce water use by 30 %, improve energy efficiency by 25 % and reduce carbon emissions by 40 %.

BACARDÍ rum production has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 48 percent and water use by 72 percent worldwide since 2006.

In the last year, we reduced our water use by literally millions of gallons in our Florida facility alone.»

You could try reducing the amount of water you use by half, or maybe even omit it altogether!

This marks the sector's first step towards achieving a 20 % reduction in water use by 2020 compared to 2007, -LSB-...]

In 2007, for example, Nooyi announced the company would cut water use by 20 %, a target the company met three years early.

MillerCoors released a sustainability report Wednesday that shows it has cut its water use by 9.2 per cent from 2012.

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.

~ Includes water used by the signatories to this report.

And lost and wasted food consumes about one quarter of all water used by agriculture, requires cropland area the size of China, and generates roughly 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

It also consumes about one quarter of all water used by agriculture, requires cropland area the size of China, and generates about eight per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

And the biomass boiler provides heat and hot water using by - products from the gin distillation process as a fuel source.

Food that is ultimately lost or wasted consumes about one - quarter of all water used by agriculture each year, requires cropland area the size of China to be grown, and generates about eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions annually.

Food that is harvested but ultimately lost or wasted consumes about one - quarter of all water used by agriculture each year.

«Food that is ultimately lost or wasted consumes about a quarter of all water used by agriculture, requires cropland area the size of China, and is responsible for an estimated 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.