Sentence examples for more surface water from inspiring English sources

The greater the earth surface subsidence, the more surface water ponding and soil disturbances, and even more progressive thawing.

As a result, older cities have access to more surface water (that is, water that comes from rivers and streams) than newer cities like Aurora, which have been forced to purchase existing water rights from farmers and mining companies.

In particular, the response to the availability of water vapour is just what is to be expected of a planet now relatively arid, but which once probably had much more surface water" (ref. 8, p. 90).

He added, "once they come to grips with that," there are only two options — reduce evapotranspiration, perhaps by leaving fields fallow or planting less thirsty crops — or find more surface water.

In monsoon season, the availability of more surface water on percolation recharges and enhances the groundwater in the area.

Changes to pesticide regulations and more surface water monitoring in agricultural areas are needed to help limit these negative impacts, scientists say.

(Production of desalinated water costs 2.1 times more than fresh groundwater and 70 percent more than surface water, according to El Paso Water Utilities).

* Scrape the side of the stem for about an inch above the cut to open up more surface for water intake.

In Tampa Bay, Florida, when a falling water table threatened groundwater sources, the utility turned to more expensive surface water.

The researchers found that a "positive" PDO signal corresponds to wetter periods and lower rates of groundwater decline either because aquifers are getting recharged or because more available surface water decreases the need to extract water from underground.

Higher rainfall, steeper topography, more adequate surface water and greater humidity make this zone less suitable than the wheat-sheep zone for grain-based cropping, but more suitable for grazing and growing other crops, but there has been an increase in cereal growing with new cultivars in recent years.