Sentences with phrase «when water demand»

This means less water is available during the hotter months, when water demand tends to be highest.

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.

Not exact matches

When exercising, the body increases its demand for water due to the increased demands of work in addition to losing water through sweat.

When demand for electricity is again high, the system is reversed: The weight of the water forces the air back to the surface, where it collects the stored heat and drives an expander, reproducing approximately 70 per cent of the input electricity and releasing the air back into the environment.

The plants have large capacities and can quickly produce large volumes in the events of emergencies when bottled water is in great demand, he says.

And whereas standard solutions might have been good enough when there were fewer pressures on water quality and demand on water as a shared community resource, today water managers have to design to a much tighter and demanding sustainability brief,» he says.

When the demands of the world seem to multiply, while the temperatures continue to drop, and melancholy, exhaustion and a deep, deep hunger threaten to pummel me, I mix water, flour, and a bit of sourdough starter in order to create magic.

Estimates of water demand that have now been produced are dismissed as «wholly unconvincing», while the peers also warn there was not enough consultation with the water industry when the proposals were first drawn up.

Kim Kardashian acted like a diva by demanding Smart Water when offered Fiji water and Perrier Jouet when offered Veuve Clicquot while making a paid appearance at Room SerWater when offered Fiji water and Perrier Jouet when offered Veuve Clicquot while making a paid appearance at Room Serwater and Perrier Jouet when offered Veuve Clicquot while making a paid appearance at Room Service.

Fifty years ago when IBM arrived with similar demands on the water system — actually, a minimum of 1 million gallons a day, seldom reached — that deal was trotted out behind marching bands.

«To meet drinking water standards, a second well must be located, which is capable of exceeding the designed maximum daily demand when the primary well is out of service.»

Dynamic pressure drops happen whenever there is a sudden change in velocity, for example when there are valve or pump failures, or sudden demands on the system, such as when large volumes of water are required for fighting a fire.

When the projections for declining oil production are overlaid with the increasing demand for water, the risks become severe.

How it works: When demand is low, electricity is used to freeze or chill water that is stored in tanks on rooftops or inside buildings.

When demand is high, the salt's heat turns water into steam to drive a turbine, making electricity.

During the day, when demand for electricity is higher, power will be generated by both the wind turbines and water flowing from the upper reservoir to the lower.

When demand for electricity dies down at night, power generated by the wind turbines will be used to pump water from the lower reservoir back to the upper reservoir, replenishing it.

«Hydrogen (H2) produced from water splitting by an electrochemical process, called water electrolysis, has been considered to be a clean and sustainable energy resource to replace fossil fuels and meet the rising global energy demand, since water is both the sole starting material and byproduct when clean energy is produced by converting H2 back to water,» the researchers wrote.

This criticism is exaggerated: green - revolution varieties are not «extremely low yielding when measured against water demand».

The clearest impact of warming on drought is when higher temperatures cause more evaporation and increase water demand, as has happened with this drought.

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

When there's a demand for electricity, the water is released to flow down the hill, turning turbines to run a generator.

It is extremely useful as it lessens the demand on existing water supplies and saves for times when it is needed.

If you decide that you want to do water fasting it's a good idea not to undertake this challenge at a time when you have heavy physical demands on you.

This is a confession of faith not as faith is often demanded, but as it's experienced — especially in those nights when the living water gets stiff competition from Scotch and a shot of Pepto - Bismol (Toller's preferred nightcap, which Schrader films in nauseating, mesmerizing closeup).

«When we launched the Scribd subscription service, we were entering uncharted waters, and we bore the risk with the contract terms.Two years in, we've proven that there is true consumer demand for a reading subscription service.

She utters a full sentence, demands sparkling water instead of still, and puts up a huge fuss when I won't let her wear her fuzzy fuchsia slippers out in the snow.

Today's demands for water are such that there is little left of the river when it eventually empties into the Mediterranean.

re my last comment: clarification: Aug 2012 535 responds to 534 «energy storage» via demand side management via desalinating / cleaning water and storing it in an aquifer when energy is available; also apply to sequestration efforts, fuel production, others...

In practice, power plants have priority over other water withdrawals from the same source (usually a river), and when water is in short supply — e.g. in the Southeast right now — the demands of power generation are competing with municipal water supplies, irrigation, etc..

For demand - response, it would involve recruiting large industrial facilities that can scale back their production for a few hours when the grid really needs it, cycling air conditioning and water heaters.

It is one of the few hydro - power stations in Australia to include pumped hydro in which water is pumped from the lower Jounama Pondage to the upper Talbingo Reservoir when electricity is plentiful and cheap, so that it can flow back down through the turbines to generate more electricity at times of higher demand.

From energy demands, water supplies, planning of any number and types of projects (when to schedule shutdowns for maintenance), road and bridge repairs, staffing.

When it comes to hot water in a tiny house, I'm convinced that a tankless, on - demand system is the best option.

When shifting winds caused open water to form 50 to 70 kilometers away, accessing food became more demanding, and their breeding success plummeted.7 Yet Barbraud et al absurdly argued that a reduction in sea ice extent, for unknown reasons, had lowered the penguin's survival.9 It was catastrophic climate change speculation based on nothing more than a meaningless statistical coincidence.

ie, pumping water uphill when power is cheap and generating power when demand is high.

According to his biographical note at Eco-Imperialism.com, he «abandoned their cause when he recognized that the environmental movement had become intolerant in its views, inflexible in its demands, unwilling to recognize our tremendous strides in protecting the environment, and insensitive to the needs of billions of people who lack the food, electricity, safe water, healthcare and other basic necessities that we take for granted.»

The late Dr. Latha Anantha was an internationally - recognized expert in e-flows — the difficult science of figuring out how much water a river needs — and when it needs it — to both meet human demands and perform its key ecological functions.

We propose that when there is adequate precipitation to allow deep drainage, trees can survive on clayey soils, however, in periods of lower precipitation, there may not be enough water reaching the rooting zone to meet the evaporative demand.

Batteries continue to get better all the time, and even simpler solutions such as hydro power from an enclosed system where the wind (when it's blowing) is used to pump water into storage reservoirs at the top of a hill or mountain or storage tank, and then when there's demand for power but no wind, the water is drained down to a bottom storage space and hydro power is generated from the falling water.

Farmers are most concerned with agricultural drought when available water supplies are not able to meet crop water demands.

When higher than average DLR (a foggy night or AGGs) reduces the demand the skin's energy deficit places on the water below, the water below loses — at a slower rate — the SWR energy it stored (in the form of a higher temperature) during the day.

Anthropogenic climate change can also directly affect demand for water, when demand for crops increases in certain seasons, for instance for the implications of climate change on uncertainty in agriculture.

When demand increases or generation declines, the water is allowed back down through the turbines to generate more electricity.

When water becomes scarce, or when water temperatures become too warm for cooling, power plants must reduce their electricity production — often at times when electricity demand is highWhen water becomes scarce, or when water temperatures become too warm for cooling, power plants must reduce their electricity production — often at times when electricity demand is highwhen water temperatures become too warm for cooling, power plants must reduce their electricity production — often at times when electricity demand is highwhen electricity demand is highest.

Another troubling area for me was when we designed a hydronic heating system using the Life Breath Clean Air Furnace that made its hot water with a combination of solar thermal backed up by an on - demand water heater, the calculation for energy consumption was based soley on the AFUE of the back - up water - heater.

«Soaring temperatures will increase demand for energy just when water for power generation and cooling is in short supply.

Thankfully, such a bill — one that requires deep water drilling be better regulated, demands oil companies employ more preventative measures and have thorough response plans, and eliminates the «liability cap» on how much those companies must pay in damages when they cause a spill — is advancing in the Senate.

At a time when excessive pressures on the earth's land and water resources are of growing concern, there is a massive new demand emerging for cropland to produce fuel for cars — one that threatens world food security.

This is a «Demand Response» program similar to those that control water heaters or air conditioning when loads are really high, to shave off the peaks.