An update on water: simply saying that water is "[H.sub.2]0" can obscure...

Global Cosmetic Industry;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi To see one of nature's greatest miracles, turn on the tap. The properties of water pouring forth defy total understanding. Cosmetics are mostly...

Water Works on the Blue Planet.

The Technology Teacher;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root; We could not speak, no more than if We had been choked with soot. From The...

Industry reduces water consumption: making money like water?(water...

Food Engineering & Ingredients;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Saving water is in, owing to the global shortage of fresh water and the rising water prices. The key question is, however: does it yield any profit? For simple adjustments that allow water to be used more 'intensively', the answer is yes. But extensive...

Santa Clara water district seeks another _ hopefully final _ fix of...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ......fourth time since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the Santa Clara Valley Water District wants to fix a chronically...inspection after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake when a section...buckled. Workers shut off the water at a valve on the reservoir...

Loma Prieta's unfinished business. (California earthquakes)

Science News;  May 5, 1990 ;     244 words ...Loma Prieta's unfinished business Astrologists must...qualify as aftershocks to the magnitude 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake that broke the San Andreas...struck in a general zone defined by other Loma Prieta aftershocks, filling a gap along the...

Water and humidifier operation.(evaluation of various water contaminants...

Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  September 2, 1996 ;     700+ words ...* Water is often referred to as the universal solvent, which means almost everything is soluble, to some degree, in water. This property causes pure water to become contaminated by any material it comes in contact with...

COMPANIES PULLING PLUG ON WATER USE RISING COSTS LEAD CONSERVATION...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Water conservation hasn't been a big issue for most Northwest businesses for a simple reason: Water is, in the words of Jack Sharrow, product manager of a Redmond...longer. Growth is putting increasing demands on existing water supplies, and the listing of salmon as endangered species...

Life, good soup depend on water

Albuquerque Journal;  January 29, 2003 ;     584 words ...Water is a unique molecule we Earthlings depend on for our very existence. Only 1 percent of Earth's water is available for drinking. You can survive about a month without food, but only five to seven days without water. We Americans use more water than anyone else on Earth. We...

Water marketing.

The Futurist;  September 1, 1989 ;     507 words ...Water Marketing The demand for water continues to grow in the United States, particularly in the dry Southwest, and will likely lead to the marketing of water, says a report from the Council of State Policy & Planning Agencies...

Changing water policies in the dry southwest: smart water use and a shift...

The American Prospect;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Water is taught by thirst.--EMILY DICKINSON MOST OF US IN THIS COUNTRY haven't had to think about water very much. We turn on the tap, and out it comes, clean and...change is no longer a debate but a fact. All of a sudden water was making national headlines. Lots of places, not just farms...

Bridging troubled waters: is privatization the solution to the growing...

Saturday Evening Post;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Water for Sale: How Business and the Market Can Resolve the World's Water Crisis by Fredrik Segerfeldt, 160 pages, Caito Institute...companies, and local authorities the rights to own local water. Over the next decade, Chile increased its agricultural output...

Keep Earth's water clean! Water covers most of Earth. People, plants, and...

Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin);  April 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Water Is Always Moving Earth has only a certain amount of water. Earth's water is used again and again in the water cycle. The water cycle has four parts. 1. Evaporation--The sun warm water in...

Pacifica, Calif., ponders converting sea water. (Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 23, 1995 ;     700+ words ......process, but planners at Pacifica's North Coast County Water District believe desalination may be the best long-term solution to the area's water needs. The district already has purchased two military...commercial uses, according to the Association of California Water Agencies. Local water wells ...

Effects of permanent water on home ranges and movements of adult male...

The Texas Journal of Science;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Water distribution may have a large impact on ungulates in arid environments if water is scarce. If water distribution is poor, then ungulates may have large home range sizes, or be concentrated near water sources. Because...

Will less water dry up growth?

Marketplace Magazine;  January 9, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Water has been the building block of Brown Counts business and industry since fur trappers first used Green Bay's port as a link to the Mississippi River. But a diminishing underground water supply means water availability could instead become an economic stumbling stone for 11 communities surrounding Green ...