The factors involved are smaller tree size, slower growth rate (possibly mediated by lower night temperatures), larger allocation of carbon to roots as opposed to tops (stems and leaves), cold hardiness, efficient use of water, more reliance on asexual reproduction, and fewer pathogens in the environment.
It has also spurred local industries that supply everything from vans to bottled water, reducing its reliance on imports to 39percentt.
It highlights the increased risk of disease outbreak in intensive farming enterprises; the potential for litigation, bans or fines in relation to water pollution; its reliance on feed inputs with volatile pricing; concerns around staff health and welfare; and the potential for future legislation on methane emissions or antibiotic use.
The streambed point velocity probe (SBPVP) measures in situ groundwater velocities at the groundwater-surface water interface without reliance on hydraulic conductivity, porosity, or hydraulic gradient information.
Black & Veatch has moved into the design phase of a program management contract that will help the San Antonio Water System meet current and future demands for drinking water and decrease reliance on a single source of supply.
Local officials say the region's cheap, plentiful water, its economic reliance on golf and residents' expectations of lush life on the green make it difficult to change water use habits.
If Pakistan fails to address the energy sector's circular debt dilemma, irrational electricity tariffs, water scarcity and reliance on expensive fuel inputs, China alone will be unable to solve Pakistan's energy crisis or save Sharif from a restless population weary of being left in the dark.
It is, therefore, obvious that massive reliance on water tankers and other forms of water vending is neither as result of lower cost or more convenience but because of lack of access to water from public mains.
High population densities, large economic outputs, and heavy reliance on water resources make flood retention and management pressing issues in China.
The "Marsh Arabs" who lived in the wetlands until the 1990s had maintained their way of life--with reed houses, rice cultivation, and reliance on water buffalo--for 5000 years.
