• Today Indian farms, highly fragmented and with relatively little in the way of state water projects to channel the seasonal monsoons, produce some of the lowest yields in the world.

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  • The committee recommended that encouraging sustainable development should be a primary duty of the regulator, and that the government should speed up reform of the way water was abstracted from rivers.

    BBC: MPs call for urgent action to reduce flooding

  • However, this current itself twists around and around as it flows through the magnetic field, the way a torrent of water twists up a fire-fighter's hosepipe.

    ECONOMIST: Here be serpents

  • At the end of the day, sunset cruises on Lake Pichola are recommended because of way the light reflects off the water.

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  • Detailed studies of the surface indicate that these were formed by a lake caused by the flow of underground water that periodically made its way to the bottom of the crater.

    FORBES: NASA Finds Remains Of Ancient Martian Lake

  • Further pain, including a broadening of the tax base and the introduction of water charges, may be on the way.

    ECONOMIST: Ireland's economy

  • "We thought why don't we start a company that addresses this possibility of using capitalism as an aggressive way to solve the glaring problem of water pollution, " he said.

    CNN: Eco-friendly bottle for ethical water

  • When the tide is low I take the old railroad right-of-way close to the water.

    NPR: Environmentalist John Francis, Walking the Walk

  • My take: all this saber rattling about high royalties and windfall profits taxes is designed to scare the minnows out of the water and clear the way for the government to make a development deal with the big guys who have the balance sheet and know-how to get the job done.

    FORBES: Israel Confirms Leviathan Gas Find

  • The Woodlands is an unincorporated area that was laid out with no rights of way for public water or sewer lines, and even the idea of extending a public water line to the area has created divisions.

    NPR: Cause Of Off-Color, Fetid Water Eludes Pa. Town

  • They are trying to make sure the government's promise of water does not go the way of past white men's promises, which left them where they are: high and dry.

    ECONOMIST: Indians versus greens

  • With rain falling all morning and the course getting increasingly sodden, there was no choice but to call off play as the players tried to plot their way through pools of standing water all over the fairways and greens.

    BBC: Ryder Cup 2010: US edge rain-affected first day

  • In the Archtriumph competition for ideas for new crossings on the river Seine, a design firm won third place for its conceptualisation of a trampoline bridge, which is obviously the most fun way to cross a body of water anywhere, ever.

    BBC: In brief: The Statue of Liberty reopens

  • This idea has been proposed to the State of California as a way to temporarily and quickly address water disruptions caused by a disaster that affects the water-delivery systems of the Delta, such as an earthquake that destroys levees, disrupts flow patterns, or damages pumping systems.

    FORBES: Water Emergencies: Time for New Plans and Technology

  • This includes testing the idea that people respond positively to the way light plays on the water, or the sounds of the sea.

    BBC: People really do like to be beside the seaside, study says

  • It is a solid resort course, with ample fairways and little in the way of penal hazards, with water seriously in play on just one hole, but the tall thick native grasses are much tougher than the wispy rough of the British Isles, and while the greens are not crazily undulated, they have plenty of tricky pin positions.

    FORBES: Another New Top 100 Golf Course For the Pacific Northwest?

  • Large sections of the beach are cordoned off to protect these eggs, and it seems to me a testament to how much attitudes have changed toward nature and toward Puerto Rico that guests are happy to be woken up at 2 a.m. to huddle bleary-eyed as inch-long reptiles dig their way out of the sand, slowly loping their way into the water and their new life.

    CNN: Hot new things to do in Puerto Rico

  • Booth's pale, delicate fingers squeezed the glass, raised it to his lips, and he downed the drink the way a more temperate, thirsty man might swallow the glass of water.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Manhunt'

  • Staying well hydrated is the most effective way to prevent a hangover- drinking plenty of water throughout the day, and avoiding excess amounts of caffeine, especially high octane energy drinks loaded with plenty of caffeine which lead to loss of water from your body.

    FORBES: Five Ways To Avoid a New Year's Day Hangover

  • It is still unclear whether the hydrogen represents the release of water by the heat of the impact, or whether it simply sheds light on the way that water is formed on the Moon from its chemical constituents.

    BBC: Nasa reveals new information about moon probes crash sites

  • Set against a black backdrop, away from the pollution and artificial lights of land, viewing the Aurora Borealis from the water is a unique way to experience it -- so we've put together a list of boating options that let you do just that.

    CNN: Chasing the elusive Northern Lights by boat

  • While the source of water currently received by the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation is filtered, sewage leakage and the poor management of waste often contaminates drinking water on its way into the homes.

    CNN: Students work to improve water quality in India

  • The woman says in the suit that she objected on the way home the next morning when men began spraying some of women with water.

    WSJ: Woman sues Eagles' McCoy, claiming assault on bus

  • Mr. CHRIS REDFERN (State Democratic Party): Joy Paget is the right person for the job because she spent the better part of the last two years supporting Bob Ney, resisting the accusations that have been leveled against him, carrying water for him every step of the way.

    NPR: Ney Nixes Re-election Bid

  • Some scientists have proposed adding chemical tracers to fracking fluids as a way of confirming that any contamination of drinking water comes from the drilling process.

    BBC: Fracking: Untangling fact from fiction

  • Then, the exhaust heat from the bottom plate of the thermoelectric device would be used in the traditional way to warm water up.

    ECONOMIST: Solar power

  • According to Ed Waugh, who designed the electronics for the water sampling device, the trials are "a useful way of getting a feel for the task".

    BBC: Key tests in search for life in frozen Antarctic lake

  • The enduring erosion of the coastline, caused by bad water management all the way from the upper Mississippi River and the coastal canals, erodes the marshes and leaves coastal Louisiana exposed to the full brunt of future hurricanes.

    CNN: Today's New Orleans a tale of two cities

  • Along the way, we passed a murky expanse of water with oily scum on the surface.

    NEWYORKER: Unconventional Crude

  • He is dead in the water because of the way the Republican Party is going to treat him.

    NPR: Barbershop: What's the Buzz?

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