Such robots could skim across lakes and other bodies of water to monitor water quality or act as tiny spies.
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The trick is a series of sensors that monitor water levels and measure how quickly they rise.
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In both cases, he used the heavy-water method to monitor cell division.
Harry Irwin, the chairman of Stanhope Parish Council, wants to see gates, with sensors which monitor water levels, to be installed at the ford.
But hope that this horrifying statistic can be eradicated is being fueled by technology which is helping monitor water supplies more quickly and efficiently.
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.
Global revenues from clean tech businesses--including air and water purification, advanced materials, distributed power generation, renewable energy, and process controls, such as sensors to monitor air and water--now surpass 85 billion pounds, according to the Cleantech Venture Network, a for-profit membership group that connects venture and institutional investors with entrepreneurs.
Experts had testified that the federal utility failed to monitor and control water quality pressure in the dikes that constrained the material.
"We are doing all we can to monitor the shaft water levels to understand if or when any spill might occur into the Carnon River, " he added.
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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.
Even as we continue to monitor air and water quality, we have asked and are asking BP to be transparent about the measurements that it is taking as it relates to air and water quality.
As a daughter of the Gulf Coast, I know that it is our job to ensure people that we will be eyes and ears working with the states who have valuable and vital resources to monitor air, water and land quality.
The agency said it would continue to monitor the volume and water quality.
The imagery has been used to monitor urban growth, water use, farm production and a variety of natural disasters, from the 1980 eruption of Mount St.
They say that the federal Fish Passage Center, created by the Northwest Power Planning Council to monitor fish counts and water flows on the Columbia and Snake, has documented a direct correlation between higher flows and salmon survival.
Over the course of the next year, the Team will employ local college students to maintain the program and monitor the efficiency of the water purification technology.
In addition to thermostat and security sensors, Iris will help you monitor carbon monoxide levels, water heaters, pet doors and the moisture levels of your house plants.
To avoid people drinking polluted water, portable water testing kits were introduced, designed to monitor the countries 1.3 million wells.
Other projects will include a network of sensors to monitor air quality, traffic flow, water supply and other parameters.
Chris Mellor, a board member of Monitor, was fired as Northern Ireland Water chairman after an investigation into how contracts were awarded.
The realisation that the effects of land-use changes in the Thames catchment take more than 30 years to show themselves fully has profound implications for policies to monitor and manage the river's water quality.
He adds that the sections of the aquifers UEC will be mining contain only nonpotable water to begin with and that the ring of monitor wells it will install around the site will detect any movement of dissolved uranium beyond the production wells.
Or water-based safaris in small guide boats that dip in close to the riverbank to observe dinosaur-like monitor lizards sunning themselves on logs, kingfisher eagles perched in trees, and elephants playfully spraying water on their young.
The Pentagon's ultimate goal of creating a single network of sensors may also benefit state and local programs designed to monitor air pollution, noxious fumes and municipal water supplies, the report stated.
The DOE's Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) monitor 16 identified bathing waters under the EC Bathing Water Directive.
"Affinity Water have robust procedures in place and our teams of engineers continually monitor our network and respond quickly when bursts do occur to repair problems and make sure that disruption is kept to an absolute minimum, " it added.
Because of the distance that low-frequency sound waves can travel under water, a set of four ships emitting sound at 235 decibels could monitor 80% of the world's oceans for submarines.
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These detectors constantly monitor for signs of trouble and routinely collect air, precipitation, drinking water, and milk samples for analysis of radioactivity.
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As such, Obama says that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to monitor certain aspects of shale gas production such as the disposal of waste water and the assurance of clean water supplies.
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