Idaho drought surprises experts, results in watering cutbacks for farmers, residents
The 100-degree temperatures are taking a toll on Idaho farmers, and worries about water usage are becoming commonplace.
The 100-degree temperatures are taking a toll on Idaho farmers, and worries about water usage are becoming commonplace.
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Jul 22, 2021
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A study at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences examined the efficiency of irrigation schedules used for container-grown plants to determine if they could be improved with specific daily ...
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Jan 6, 2020
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Water is a vital resource on which many industries rely and which should be used more sparingly. An example is the beneficiation of mineral ores. Taking the raw material fluorite as their example, researchers at Helmholtz ...
Environment
Mar 29, 2019
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Flooding and water scarcity in Europe will increase in the coming decades, but to a much lesser extent if the objectives of the Paris Agreement on climate change are met.
Environment
Dec 12, 2018
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Most areas of California farm country have a significant lack of information about their groundwater use. The water managers responsible for putting California's depleted aquifers on the path to sustainability now need to ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2018
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,While many prospective holidaymakers actively seek a change in cuisine or climate when choosing their destination, standardised sanitation usually remains a must.
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Feb 20, 2018
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Californians cut water use by more than the 25 percent demanded by Governor Jerry Brown in June, the first month that new emergency rules came into force, officials said Thursday.
Environment
Jul 31, 2015
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The water crisis in the western United States – most notably in California and Washington – may be the most severe and most publicized, but other threats to the nation's water supply loom, says Dr. Joel Burken, professor ...
Environment
May 20, 2015
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Gary Whitlock watched water run to a sidewalk as gardeners hosed down a bed of marigolds outside an Orange County office building and questioned whether California's latest attempt to curb water use would be any more successful ...
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Apr 1, 2015
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University of Southampton research has shown consumers reduce their water consumption by 16.5 per cent after they receive a metered connection – based on the study of a five-year programme to install nearly half a million ...
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Feb 25, 2015
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