Sentence examples for for less water from inspiring English sources

My working theory was that he was given short-grain rice, which calls for less water than long-grain rice, and failed to make the adjustment.

If this monumental boondoggle goes through, the South Coast could very well wind up paying more for less water.

Water, once taken for granted even in this desert, is on just about everybody's mind as farms go fallow to supply growing urban populations and as households and businesses pay more for less water.

The broad spatial trend is for less water from mountain block recharge and more water from leaking canals and river reaches.

To avoid spills over the top, aim for less water than you'd use for one kid.

Some complain that this has exacerbated poverty in Hebei, forcing water-hungry and polluting industries to close and some farmers to forsake rice growing for less water-intensive but also less profitable maize.

The city offers a rebate program for residents looking to ditch their grass for less-water-guzzling vegetation.

"Under the old system, people were billed for far less water than they consumed, and still they were not paying their bills," Mr. Mas said.

San Antonio residents were given cash rebates on their bills for using less water, which encouraged the use of native, drought-tolerant plants in landscaping, as well as more judicious lawn watering.

Never mind that the L.A. Department of Water and Power encourages citizens to rip out their lawns, or that native bunch grasses and Santa Cruz Island Ironwood trees could have been substituted to create the same overall aesthetic for much less water.

Cheese compared to other fermented products shows a better buffering capacity for probiotics, less water activity (usually >0.90) depending of the ripening time, and a low storage temperature (4 8°C) with a storage time of weeks or even years.