Bancroft's creation was planted decades before either succulents or native low-water plants would become popular.
The omnivorous creatures can live for more than 50 years, feeding on fish, insects and water plants.
"What we must protect is the civilian infrastructure, such as hospitals, power stations and water plants, " he said.
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Among the targeted infrastructure was everything from systems that control traffic lights in large cities to nuclear plants, water treatment plants , large manufacturers, defense contractors and high tech companies.
Water treatment plants must test their water regularly for contaminants.
Water treatment plants in several states had shut down, contaminating drinking water and causing Americans to fall ill.
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Water treatment plants in the city also had to be shut for a few hours.
The water processing plants have now been fixed, the Aguas Andinas company said.
The nurseries are tent-like webs which adult females have built on water soldier plants to care for their young in.
The culprit parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can get into the food chain via cats faeces causing contamination of soil, water and plants.
We take a billion dollars out of grants to large airports, almost a billion dollars from state revolving funds for water treatment plants.
Buenos Aires and its suburbs have only three waste-water treatment plants for 10m residents, and often suffer flash floods that drench entire avenues.
Driven by the need to conserve water, plants produce fewer stomata openings in their leaves when there is more carbon dioxide in the air.
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The pinch will be on farmers like Johnny Howell who run water to plants around the clock, without much hope of turning a profit.
The problem was reportedly caused by flash floods in the Andes, which muddied the river Maipo and forced the closure of water processing plants.
This bare, sandy earth then becomes an effective rain trap - with no vegetation, water cannot be lost through transpiration (the evaporation of water from plants).
Apart from this, Zafar is also in negotiations with a couple of companies that develop water filtration plants, those that can be powered by solar power.
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To compensate for deficient public utilities, the company operates its own fleet of buses and has its own satellite links, power generators and water recycling plants.
It is also appealing for equipment to help cope with the thousands of refugees, including tents, water treatment plants and even basic tools like shovels and picks.
"These groups escaped the Spanish rule for 200 years because they fled to the Sierra de San Carlos where they had water, plants and animals to feed themselves, " she said.
Accomplice Simon Hopps, 38 , of Four Seasons Close, Dunholme, who was caught helping to water the plants, was jailed for 16 months after admitting the same charge.
Water purification plants (especially in large cities which recycle their sewage waste right back into the drinking supply) will hopefully get prioritized for energy allocations when rationing starts.
The capital's main surgical hospitals and water treatment plants now rely solely on back-up generators because the normal power supply has been cut, an untenable situation, Doumani said.
With adequate water, plants then fix and yield more carbohydrate.
His soldiers guard 150 facilities in the city -- including power stations, water treatment plants, schools and banks -- and have found more than 500 ammunition caches in schools and residential areas, he said.
For instance, water pumps and waste water treatment plants rely on electricity, so when power is lost for long periods of time, reserves are depleted and bottled water must be transported into the zone, usually by truck.
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