Sentence examples for ditch cleaning from inspiring English sources

We used a six-year replicated before-after-control-impact (BACI) field experiment to assess the effects of forest drainage improvement works (ditch cleaning; digging of supplementary ditches) on water chemistry, sedimentation, brown trout egg mortality and macroinvertebrate community composition in six headwater streams in Northern Finland.

We did not use results from studies on sites with a history of strong disturbance, such as the application of local fertilisation, ditch cleaning, or recent restoration.

Should we ditch spring cleaning and adopt a dairy cow — or a parasite — to keep allergies at bay? Probably not, says Barnes: Modern hygiene saves lives and prevents the spread of disease, and no researcher would advocate abandoning it entirely.

If your dishwasher could use a thorough cleaning, ditch the expensive chemical tabs and instead fill a dishwasher-safe bowl with two cups of white vinegar and set it on the top rack.

If no other water source is present, a last ditch method of cleaning a wound is to urinate on it.

Soni credited state health officials with playing a proactive role in tackling the outbreak through door-to-door visits and by cleaning ditches where standing water had gathered.

Other cash-for-work activities include the construction of drainage ditches in camps, cleaning and sanitation work and the clearance of debris from drainage canals.

"I am sure that if there was a situation where cleaning a ditch or digging a new ditch would be better than using more pesticides, nobody would stand in the way of that," he said.

The council sought to save money from the outset; reducing the number of workmen employed on the highways from ten to seven and cancelling the cleaning of ditches beside the roads.

After Florida passed a law in 1994 requiring sugar planters to reduce their phosphorus runoff by 25percenttheyhey voluntarily cut it more than twice that amount by cleaning their irrigation ditches more often, planting organic cane fields and handling water differently, according to the South Florida Water Management District.

4 men cleaning up the ditches where mosquitoes may breed.