Sentence examples for Water constraint from inspiring English sources

In addition, the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) was optimized with (60,000 m3) and without a water constraint.

Removal of the water constraint by destroying the surface hard pan revealed the second major constraint, i.e. soil acidity and nutrient deficiency.

Their morphological adaptation and productivity response to water constraint were assessed together with their water-use efficiency.

The first experiment assumes that there is no water constraint across the world and that irrigated area can be expanded wherever economic incentives dictate, in response to expanded US ethanol production.

An increase in the US ethanol production from its 2001 level to 56.78 billion liters requires about 3.75 million hectares of additional cropland when there is no water constraint.

In the second experiment, it is assumed that there is no water constraint anywhere in the world; if so desired, irrigated land can be expanded as long as it is profitable.

Consequently, water constraints can translate into energy constraints.

That "is probably the maximum," Huet said, but he added that water constraints were not holding back nuclear power.

Looking beyond immediate cooling needs, Mr. Doggett said, water constraints could hinder planning of new gas or coal plants.

Water constraints will threaten the sustainability of energy-generating projects, like oil drilling and expanding the production of biofuels, in the United States and abroad.

The bottom line is that water constraints – augmented by soil erosion, the loss of cropland to nonfarm uses, a plateauing of yields in major producing areas, and climate change – are making it more difficult to expand world food production.