Sentence examples for failure of water from inspiring English sources

Despite the widespread failure of water suppliers across the US, very few were punished by the EPA last year.

420, and says: "The basic and fundamental issue before your Honors is what is the proximate cause of plaintiffs' loss, the fire or the failure of water?

Willingly overlooking that fact amounts to a fundamental failure of water management that has left states more vulnerable to drought and less prepared to adapt to the effects of climate change.

In this trenchant critique of current water policies and practices, Edward Barbier argues that our water crisis is as much a failure of water management as it is a result of scarcity.

This is because internal erosion is one of the main causes of failure of water retaining structures such as dikes and dams.

The problem of predicting the failure of water mains has been considered from different perspectives and using several methodologies in engineering literature.

Numerous adverse human health effects have been attributed to damp indoor air environments generated by aberrant water exposure due to excessive condensation and failure of water-use devices, as well as building envelope breach during heavy rains or flooding, as occurred during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Gulf Coast of the United States.

Ninety-one percent of the households Hossen surveyed at Chapra in 2011 reported major challenges for practicing traditional agricultural activities due to failures of water supply and ecological services from the Gorai River and local water bodies.

The knowledge and correct consideration of coupled hydro-mechanical processes influencing the failure and post-failure behaviour of water saturated soils are of paramount significance for the assessment of hydraulically loaded geotechnical structures.

"In the last five years the failure rate of water and sewerage privatisations has increased to 34%, compared with a failure rate of just 6% for energy, 3% for telecommunications and 7% for transportation, during the same period", said Anna Lappé, director of the Small Planet Institute.

The failure sent of water rushing down the Dead River.