Sentences with phrase «with water withdrawals»
Combined with water withdrawals that many believe are not sustainable, the drought has caused a dramatic drop in Lake Powell's water level.
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Freshwater withdrawals are expected to increase with the expanding human population, potentially worsening local water resources in many reg...
Working with Worms to Fight Climate Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative impacts.
The French international left the fray moments later, with Kolo Toure entering the fray, but had to be convinced of the need for his withdrawal by Klopp and flung a water bottle to the ground in disgust as he crossed the touchline before burying his head beneath his jacket on the bench.
«If there aren't deposits making up for the withdrawals, we have less water in the future to face water resource challenges with.»
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..
Instead, the provincial and federal government continue to mislead the public with false information claiming the existing Athabasca River Water Management Frameworksets mandatory limits on withdrawals.»
The problem with water sourcing is not availability, but rather getting water management plans approved for the high volume withdrawals (drilling requires about 100,000 gallons and completions use another 3 million to 4 million gallons).
However, NREL's 80 - percent - by - 2050 renewable energy study, which included biomass and geothermal, found that total water consumption and withdrawal would decrease significantly in a future with high renewables [7].
NPS asked New York to work with the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), a federal and multi-state compact agency that is also developing gas regulations, to calculate the potential cumulative impact of water withdrawals if the gas boom continues.
Approximately 8,421 billion gallons of water withdrawals and 149 billion gallons of water consumption could be avoided if both retiring and ripe - for - retirement generators were replaced with renewables and efficiency.
States like Alabama, Maryland, Michigan, and Wisconsin could each save more than 250 billion gallons of water withdrawals a year by replacing uncompetitive coal generators with renewable energy.
Coal plants with once - through cooling are among the energy sources with the highest water withdrawals.
EPA's authority to review applications for consistency with the law comes from Section 404 (c) which authorizes and compels EPA to determine whether permitted activities would result in «significant and unacceptable adverse impacts on municipal water supplies, and prohibit, restrict, or deny, including withdrawal, the use of any defined area as a disposal site.»
Upgrading these plants to use cooling systems with lower water withdrawal needs would incur significant costs for many plants that are already economically uncompetitive, making them even stronger candidates for closure.