Sentence examples for straining water from inspiring English sources
It isn't just the matter of growing corn for ethanol, which is already straining water supplies.
Like other flamingos, it feeds in saline and brackish lagoons by straining water through the lamellae on its unique bill and swallowing the invertebrate organisms trapped inside.
That is expected to more than double to three million barrels a day in 2018, further straining water supplies on the Athabasca River and aquifers in northern Alberta.
California's ambitious goal of getting a third of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030 is being tested by its driest year on record, part of a multiyear drought that's seriously straining water supplies.
The engineers went to see organisms that had evolved to solve their own water treatment problems, like mangrove trees that turn salt water to fresh water, and filter feeders, like barnacles, that eat by straining water.
In daylong meetings, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, King Abdullah II of Jordan and Gen. Mashal al-Zaben, the country's top military officer, also discussed the need to increase humanitarian assistance to help Jordan cope with a refugee population that is straining water and food supplies, as well as schools and hospitals.
That will strain water mains, he says, so the water board must upgrade many of its 20,000 miles of pipes.
The United States is a relatively water-abundant country with moderate population growth; nonetheless, current trends are sufficient to strain water resources over time, especially on a regional basis.
Generally found in shallow waters, they are filter feeders, meaning they use a specialised organ to strain water for edible nutrients.
He says increasing temperatures in Nebraska's summer months are decreasing soil moisture, leading to increased irrigation demands that threaten to strain water resources in the region.
As severe drought continues to strain water resources throughout California and the West, planners and officials are increasingly considering potable reuse facilities and aquifer recharge systems as an answer to the crisis.
