Regional water agency rate increases will cause higher water billsMike Sprague
A number of studies have shown that higher water prices reducewater wasteandpollutionand can serve to fund water infrastructure improvements. However, price increases are publicly and politically unpopular in most places, and policy makers must be careful to consider how such increases may affect the...
not able to directly measure the value of groundwater evapotranspiration, mainly because the hydraulic connection between the earth surface and the aquifer is blocked by the unsaturated zone, and the uncertainty of the unsaturated zone increases the difficulty of calculating groundwater evapotranspiration....
When the total sewage emission control of enterprise-1 tends to be strict, that is, the value of 𝜃1θ1 decreases, the amount of sewage reduction 𝛼˜2α˜2 of enterprise-2 increases. Similarly, when the total sewage emission control of enterprise-2 tends to be strict, that is, ...
By contrast, low-income areas do not have the resources to cope with tariff increases or to access private water wells. For each simulated drought, Fig. 3c shows that after drought periods, private water use by the elite and upper-middle classes increases, respectively, up to 7.5% and 1.3...
Tradeoffs between demand reduction potential for solutions and cost are apparent across all three study cities, with increasing cost as demand reduction potential increases (Fig. 3). Standout solutions were selected for Miami and Tucson using the same approach as applied for Denver (Figs. S2 and ...
synthetic flavoring essences such as citric acid affect the teeth and lead to erosion. The prolonged consumption of flavored water dissolves away the layer of enamel and affects the structural integrity. The damage further leads to hypersensitivity and increases the chances of formation of cavities, ...
Interannual changes in tropical climate are largely driven by ENSO23. Under anthropogenic warming, growing observational evidence shows robust changes in ENSO characteristics, such as increases in frequency and variability with shifts in types24, especially the largest sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly...
24,25 Our expert-led process identified that the questions grouped under this theme reflected a concern that as global population increases and regions experience disparate demographic and economic transitions in combination with the uncertainties of climate change, the demand for effective management of ...
A lot of the technology we use in CEA is evolving at a rapid rate. It wasn’t long ago that leafy greens were the main specialty for these setups. But now, because we have gained a better appreciation of lighting requirements and nutrient mixes along with improvements to irrigation, we’...