Our commitment to sustainability includes efforts to minimize water use in our facilities.
Tree leaves of supermoist environments, on the other hand, have fewer adaptations to minimize water loss.
On long embankments safety stop gates can minimize water losses in the event of a breach.
Brown said the state will also take steps to minimize water system leaks, which, according to official estimates, waste enough water to supply 1.4m homes for a year.
"I wouldn't rule it out," said Mr. Kheel, who noted that the Punta Cana resort was designed from the beginning to minimize water use, recycle waste and so on.
"By allowing projects to use fresh water, the bill would remove any incentives that developers have to use technologies that minimize water use," said Terry O'Brien, a California Energy Commission deputy director.
A construction company put a tarp over the roof of the Kraft building and made minor repairs to help minimize water damage during the storms that pummeled Joplin for days after the tornado.
Cotton was added to corn as a major crop, and irrigation canals proliferated; the Hohokam began to make canals narrower and deeper in order to minimize water loss through ground absorption and evaporation.
While Mr. Potter and others say that fracking producers need to mitigate intrusions at the surface, disclose what chemicals they are adding to their water injections, and minimize water use, he does not think environmental protests will ultimately stop significant shale gas development.
Numerous proposal trials have been made to minimize water wasting in toilet flushing.
Zero liquid discharge is currently an objective in livestock manure management to minimize water pollution.
