• The centreboard problem is largely under control and temporarily repaired, and the crew made a temporary repair to limit the water ingress but they still have been taking water since, and need to maintain a regular routine pumping out.

    UNESCO: EDUCATION

  • The study in Nature Geoscience also asserts that the cool melt water layer may limit the amount of water sucked from the oceans that falls as snow on Antarctica.

    BBC: Melt may explain Antarctica's sea ice expansion

  • Monad Shoal is classified as an intermediate dive, and most shops require divers to have advanced open water or deep dive certifications since the depth surpasses the normal 18m limit for open water divers.

    BBC: Swimming with sharks in the Philippines

  • Finally, a new regulation on Water Resources Utilization will limit the annual consumption of water to 635 billion cubic meters by 2015, further increasing the need for water recycling facilities.

    FORBES: Quenching China's Thirst For Water

  • The London committee is doing wonders to limit energy and water consumption.

    CNN: What Olympics teach about going green

  • After reporting concern about contamination, water quality tests performed by the Texas Railroad Commission found naturally-occurring levels of benzene, a known carcinogen, which exceeded the threshold limit for drinking water, but found no evidence to support a flaming water claim.

    FORBES: Promised Land's Fracking Fictions: OPEC Goes Hollywood With Crocudrama

  • Even if the world manages to limit depletion, many water-related problems will persist.

    ECONOMIST: Water

  • The MTA took extensive measures before the storm to limit the amount of water flooding into tunnels, including by boarding up ventilation grates in low-lying stations, piling sandbags at station entrances, inflating a rubber dam in the Long Island Rail Road's West Side yards in Manhattan and hastily erecting a floodwall across the mouth of the No. 3 train tunnel near East 148th Street in Harlem.

    WSJ: Salt Water Puts City's Subway System 'in Jeopardy'

  • If you fall in love with some water-sucking plants, limit them to a small area where they will have the biggest impact or you can enjoy them most.

    CNN: X-rated yards save the environment

  • I'm going to take a look at some of the regulatory rollbacks of the Bush administration, such as the one that lowers the limit of cancer-causing arsenic in drinking water.

    CNN: Lieberman: In Senate, 'nothing happens smoothly'

  • Those injury niggles were the result of hours of training in the gym and on the water, pushing himself to the limit in search of that fourth gold -- in front of fanatical home support at the southern coastal resort of Weymouth, where the sailing events for London 2012 were held.

    CNN: Ben Ainslie's ambition: Sailing hero takes on America's Cup challenge

  • Drinking through a straw can help limit the damage, as can rinsing the mouth with water afterwards or consuming the beverage quickly rather than sipping it all day.

    CNN: Vital Signs health tips

  • The same goes for train travel and car travel but there is an exception for travel by boat: if you travel by ocean liner, cruise ship, or other form of luxury water transportation for business purposes, there is a daily limit on the amount you can deduct.

    FORBES: What Happens in Vegas: Traveling for Business

  • In addition to water treatment and recycling, China has already initiated programs to limit the loss of human life and property damage caused by flash floods.

    FORBES: Quenching China's Thirst For Water

  • Similarly challenged to find savings, he produced a list - mutualise Scottish Water, restrict concessionary travel to those aged over 65, limit free prescriptions and introduce a graduate contribution.

    BBC: Looking at the books

  • New rules imposed by the NRC require plant operators to install or improve venting systems to limit core damage in a serious accident and set up sophisticated equipment to monitor water levels in pools of spent nuclear fuel.

    NPR: Nuclear Chief: US Plants Safer After Japan Crisis

  • Forecasters say people should limit outdoor activity during the hottest portions of the day, wear lightweight clothing, drink plenty of water and be watchful for signs of heat exhaustion, which include heavy sweating, pale and clammy skin, weak pulse, fainting and vomiting.

    CNN: Heat advisories issued to states dwindles to 15

  • As of 14:00 local time (05:00 GMT) on Friday, the temperature of water inside the cooling pool at reactor 3 was 15.1C, well below the safety limit of 65C, Tepco said.

    BBC: Fukushima nuclear plant: Cooling system power restored

  • Environmental groups, foundations, and major oil and gas companies came together to support stringent measures to protect air and water from pollution in the Appalachian region, and they invited other groups to join in and help limit pollution from fracking.

    WSJ: Fracking coalition upsets both greens and drillers

  • Whereas home-owners in Los Angeles and San Francisco must carefully watch how much water they consume if they want to avoid a stiff surcharge, Sacramento's people have no limit on the amounts they use to wash their cars, fill their swimming-pools and keep their lawns lushly green.

    ECONOMIST: Urban sprawl

  • The limit, agreed in legislation passed at the Scottish Parliament, prevents firms from taking more than ten million litres of water each day.

    BBC: Whisky industry concern over proposed water limit

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