Despite the Iraqi-Syrian agreement to split the low-flow Euphrates water 58:42, Syrian practice is to send 80% of the total annual flow down to Iraq.

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Eligible improvements (PDF) include not only energy-saving equipment such as insulation, lighting, and HVAC systems but onsite renewable energy (rooftop PV, wind turbines, and fuel cells) and water-saving upgrades such as low-flow plumbing fixtures and grey water systems.

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This can take a large flow of water at a low pressure.

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Flood-tide current: flow of water in a given direction that takes place between low water and high water.

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At low tide, water would flow from the lagoon into the sea, and from the sea into the lagoon at high tide.

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Low-flow fixtures inside the building cut water consumption by 42% and GE eliminated outside landscape irrigation, accoding to the company.

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While low flow fixtures, rainfall collection, and solar panels help to conserve water and energy, the desalination plant and wind farm that were part of the original plan are the kinds of large-scale facilities that would make this community truly stand out as a worldwide front-runner in sustainability.

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Ebb-tidal current: flow of water in a given direction that takes place between high water and low water.

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With the water level critically low, it is difficult to see how the turbinated flow of the dam is reaching the high levels that the state agency is claiming.

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