California's water bureaucrats figure homeowners could save 3 million acre-feet a year by being smarter about home water use.
Stick one end in a body of water near your home and it will upload water purity information to the web via a built-in ZigBee module.
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In this scheme, water is circulated among the PV panels, making them more efficient by cooling them and then providing the home with hot water.
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Resident Gail Barrett returned to her home to find water everywhere and her furniture ruined.
Monwara has given her bed, one of the only raised areas in her home still above water level, to her goats.
"The reality is that, instead of strengthening the checks year on year as all previous ministers committed themselves to do, this home secretary decided to water them down, even though Parliament had not been informed, " said shadow home office minister Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.
But the depths of the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland are home to cold-water reefs.
Remembering the day her home was engulfed with water, Mrs Williams said the alarm was raised at about 07:00 GMT by postmen.
You all know the story -- losing his mom, being raised and adopted by an aunt and uncle, growing up in a home without electricity or water, having to work at an early age.
Water can be easily stored and consumers have less discretion over when they use it (for instance, people cannot defer going to the toilet, which uses more water than any other activity at home), so the case for smart water meters is weaker.
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His game was honed on the crowded, competitive, open-to-the-public salmon water in his home province.
The region is home to more than 150 water-related companies, including giants like A.O.
Vicksburg resident Hoover Youenger told the station his home had several feet of water in it.
Richard Berkley has had to contend with foul-smelling water around his home in Playhatch, near Reading.
Grey water is produced by nonsanitary use of water in the home, such as in dishwashing or showering.
He was raising money for leukemia research without telling anyone his home village had no running water or electricity.
They fled their home on foot as the water levels reached their waists and have lost most of their belongings.
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Powered by solar energy with access to well water, the home has a separate guest wing, four fireplaces, a three-car garage and pool with spa.
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She tried to drive through a flooded section of Father Capodanno Boulevard, about six miles from her home, but realized the water was too deep.
Once a rural farming town, it's now known as a hotbed for skydiving activity, and the home to large retiree mobile home parks and Zephyrhills bottled water.
In Beijing, water rates for home use start at just one yuan (about 12 cents) per cubic metre, far below cost, with heavy users paying a bit more.
Returning the Golan to Syria is not a popular concept in Israel, she says, as it provides the country with its largest source of drinking water and is home to successful wineries and popular tourist sites.
Nonetheless, his home is comfortable and seals out water and Beijing's famous dust storms, Meyer said.
Ms. Trasciatti's own home filled with 4 feet of water mixed with sewage during the Oct. 29 storm.
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He heats his 1779-built 6-bedroom, 7, 000-square-foot home by pumping 51-degree water up from two wells 400 feet below Maine's winter crust.
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