Street stormwater storage capacity

Water Environment Research;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......street, sump, depression, storage, water spread, stormwater, runoff. Introduction A...design constraints. For instance, the water spread on a local street is limited to one...traffic lane in each direction free from water spread during 100-year storm (checking event...

`Patin Buah' readily available, thanks to Fisheries Department

New Straits Times;  February 19, 2005 ;     271 words ......decided to venture into breeding it," he said. Last year, freshwater aquaculture production totalled 54,876 tonnes with a value of RM284...2010 the output is expected to hit 200,000 tonnes. "Freshwater aquaculture has so far created 16,800 job opportunities, constituting...

Road is flooded after downpour

Derby Evening Telegraph;  September 2, 2008 ;     80 words ......Vehicles had to crawl slowly through a large puddle which appeared across Sinfin Lane at about 8pm following heavy rain. The water spread across both lanes of the road, forcing drivers to slow to a virtual halt to pass through. Elsewhere in Derbyshire, a fire...

Cracked pipe floods Levant classrooms

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  February 14, 2004 ;     175 words ......five classrooms. Much of the damage was limited to two classrooms, the room with the pipe and the one below it, although water spread to three other rooms, said SAD 23 Superintendent John Backus. The pupils were relocated to the gym, library and an art room...

Exxon to Resume Alaska Cleanup

The Washington Post;  March 16, 1990 ;     91 words ......spill. The work cost about $2 billion. Raymond said last year's cleaning, much of it done by washing rocky beaches with warm water spread from hoses, allowed natural forces to continue the process over the winter. New work is scheduled to begin about May. @Slug...

Little hands easily pick up infections.(News)

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  March 22, 2006 ;     207 words ......and developed some immunity. Outbreaks often occur in crAches or nurseries. Germs on hands, contaminated food or drinking water spread the disease, so anyone who handles food, be scrupulous on hygiene. Ingesting the virus results in a typical attack of gastroenteritis...

Enormous potential in tilapia farming, BUSINESS TIMES

Business Times (Malaysia);  May 30, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Tilapia production accounted for about 38 per cent of freshwater aquaculture or 9.4 per cent of the total production in the country...fisheries agencies such as providing training in the area of freshwater aquaculture, processing, quality control and assessment, not forgetting...

Levees Burst as Floods Worsen

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 9, 1993 ;     228 words ......higher, and weakened levees either broke or were topped. About 7,000 people were under evacuation orders today in Missouri as water spread between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in St. Charles County. Officials ordered 4,000 people to evacuate Thursday after...

IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1927: Mississippi Flood Spreads

International Herald Tribune;  May 6, 2002 ;     80 words ......the number of refugees increases rapidly, more than 250,000 being homeless. Air scouts report there is an unbroken sheet of water spread over three states. With railroad travel impossible the only means of rescue work is by boat. New Orleans, in spite of statements...

Economics of Shrimp Farming in the Coastal Districts of Tamil Nadu

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics;  July 1, 2004 ;     372 words ......percentage analyses were used to examine the structure of farm, water spread area stocking density, output obtained and price received. The analysis indicates that proportion of water spread area and survival rate decrease as farm size increases while...

Levees Battle Rising River

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 11, 1993 ;     285 words ......Along the Missouri River, scores of levees broke Thursday and Friday, causing the river's level to drop slightly as the water spread out from the river's banks and over farmland. "The levees are breaking, the water is spanning out. We've got the same amount...

Vietnam to boost aquaculture next year

Xinhua News Agency;  December 13, 2005 ;     176 words ......area will total 1.1 million hectares, including 630,000 hectares of seawater and brackish water and 470,000 hectares of freshwater aquaculture, generating expected seafood output of nearly 1.5 million tons, said the Aquaculture Department under the Fisheries...

What now?

Oakland Tribune;  July 21, 2006 ;     494 words ......right Throw a stone into a millpond. In an instant the rock disappears, but the ripples it causes on the surface of the water spread outwards to the shore, then reverberate back into the pond, to interfere with other waves and so on. In the world of soccer...

An Economic Analysis of Fish Production in Agricultural Development in...

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics;  July 1, 2006 ;     332 words ......view to evaluate the productivity and resource use efficiency. Cobb-Douglas production function analysis revealed that the water spread area on large farms and proportionate cost of breeders on small farms exhibited negatively significant production elasticity...

FDA Approves Water-Spread Infection Drug

AP Online;  December 2, 2002 ;     500 words ...00-00-0000 WASHINGTON (AP) _ The government on Monday approved sale of the first treatment for a miserable infection spread through contaminated drinking water and dirty swimming pools _ a drug called Alinia intended especially for children sickened by the bug. It's highly unusual for the Food and