Sentence examples for imposed water from inspiring English sources

Beyond the five boroughs, some towns have imposed water restrictions.

It has imposed water rationing in some provinces and hotels have been told to minimise their laundry loads.

This month, for the first time, Midland imposed water restrictions, forcing homeowners to water their lawns less, and schools to let their football fields grow scrubby.

She said she anticipated that most of the restrictions would be aimed at the outdoor use of water; many communities have already imposed water restrictions on lawns and gardens, but Ms. Marcus suggested they had not gone far enough.

Governor Whitman declared a statewide drought emergency and imposed water restructions when a severe lack of rain, periods of blistering heat and unusually high consumption left the state's 13 reservoirs at 69.8percentt of capacity.

Melbourne and Brisbane, the biggest cities after Sydney, have also imposed water use restrictions.The sub-tropical greenery from coastal rains around beach towns such as Byron Bay, north of Sydney, is a misleading sign of the true picture elsewhere.

The state first imposed water-use restrictions last March, after a dry winter, and has been tinkering with them ever since as reservoir levels have risen and fallen.

Midland, an arid West Texas town at the epicenter of the current oil boom, had never imposed watering restrictions until a few years ago.

Many golf course managers, who were among the loudest complainers when New Jersey imposed watering restrictions in the spring, say they are getting by with reduced sprinkling.

If so, state authorities may be forced to impose water rationing on farmers, homes and businesses.

Some environmentalists have said the city should have been quicker to impose water restrictions.