The rate of tax paid by each household is also used to calculate waste water and refuse collection charges.
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Thanks to a broad collection of water sample, the Tara Oceans expedition allows a better understanding of the environmental conditions affecting the sampled organisms at a global scale.
Pieces of a historic collection damaged by water after Friday's blaze were moved to Oxford by a team of salvage experts at the weekend.
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The shed, which does not have any water, electricity or waste collection, is used to store the race baskets, and occasionally to ring the birds.
Moving out of the laboratory and onto the water, with a working oil-collection system, is the next step.
Because of our efforts, millions of gallons of oil have already been removed from the water through burning, skimming and other collection methods.
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Next month a collection of prose writing At the Source is published, and later this year another poetry collection, A Recipe for Water, will follow.
The monitors also serve as collection stations for precipitation, drinking water, and milk samples.
The remarkable fall in mortality rates in Europe and North America a century ago owed little to drugs and almost everything to improved nutrition and better public health arrangements: reliable water supplies, safe drains, regular rubbish collection.
Water Front Bikes in downtown Portland has the largest collection, including tandems if you want to ride with a partner.
Water-damaged pieces of the library's historic collection were moved to Oxford by a team of salvage experts following the fire on 26 April.
The design allows for passive solar heating in the winter, has a metal roof for rainwater collection and uses an incinerating toilet to minimize water usage and avoid the need for sewage disposal, said Carrie Caverly, an architectural designer.
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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Another collection is constructed from the sturdy, stain- and water-resistant wool tweeds paired with English bridle leather and lined with canvas.
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Another trend: it seems that every new collection includes at least one model with a deep-water-blue face and matching alligator strap.
Usually the water problem is a natural one of scant rainfall or the absence of topographical means of collection and retention, such as mountains for snowpack or lakes and flowing rivers.
In 1995 he and a college pal jumped into the Internet, cofounding VerticalNet, (nasdaq: VERTD - news - people ) a Horsham, Pa. collection of Web sites with news and online marketplaces for industries like garbage and water treatment.
It was formed in 1993, when Bluhm sold the public a 61% stake in JMB's collection of lucrative shopping malls--among them landmarks like downtown Chicago's Water Tower Place and Boston's Copley Place.
The software company hopes to prove that its data collection and analysis technology so that it could win a long-term contract with the water district and perhaps other utilities as well.
Obvius has pioneered a portfolio of plug-and-play data-collection and communications applications based on an open architecture, which allow users to monitor electric, water, gas, environmental and renewable energy information through a single, web-accessible platform.
Sourcing raw materials, chemicals used in processing, energy and water use, finishing of products are simply a handful of considerations in developing a fine luxury eco-friendly collection.
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