WATER USE

Hydrologic

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Crosswords: WATER USE

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Synonyms: WATER USE

Books

• Efficient water use in California : conjunctive management of ground and surface reservoirs ; prepared in part for the California State Assembly Rules Committee and in part under a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation (reference)

• Water Use in Crop Production (Monograph Published Simultaneously As the Journal of Crop Production, 4) (reference)

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Urban sprawl and water use in Las Vegas, Clark County, NV. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Tualatin Valley Irrigation District emplyee, Wally Otto, at irrigation gates and spillway. The Irrigation District uses NRCS snow survey data to manage water use. Credit: Ron Nichols.

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Business

Meters have long been used to measure water use by industry. (references)

The total cost of water use, however, includes taxes and fees for wastewater. (references)

Meanwhile, a serious waste of water remains throughout China, and water use efficiency in Chinese irrigation is rather low compared to developed countries. (references)

Economic History

Denmark

Performance incentives are mostly designed to protect the environment, mainly through reduced energy and water use. (references)

Namibia

As the government addresses the vital land and range management questions, water use issues and availability considered. (references)

Chad

Home to 120 species of fish and at least that many species of birds, the lake has shrunk dramatically in the last four decades due to the increased water use and low rainfall. (references)

Political Economy

CANADA

Cooperation dates back to the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty, and has grown to include collaboration on transboundary watersheds, flooding, air pollution, water use, and other common concerns. (references)

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Expressions using "WATER USE": beneficial water use ♦ consumptive water use. Additional references.

Danish

samlet fordampning (consumptive water use, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), rationelt vandforbrug (beneficial water use), evapotranspiration (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), den totale fordampning (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss). (various references)

Dutch

totale verdamping (consumptive water use, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), nuttig waterverbruik (beneficial water use), evapotranspiratie (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss). (various references)

Finnish

kokonaishaihdunta (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), järkevä vedenkulutus (beneficial water use), evapotranspiraatio (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water loss, water losses). (various references)

French

pertes d'eau (consumptive water use, water losses), evapotranspiration (consumptive water use, water loss), consommation utile d'eau (beneficial water use), consommation d'eau (consumptive water use, water loss), consommation absolue d'eau (consumptive water use, water loss), évapotranspiration (consumptive water use, water losses). (various references)

German

nutzbringender Wasserverbrauch (beneficial water use), Gesamtwasserverlust (consumptive water use, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), Gesamtverdunstung (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water loss, water losses), Evapotranspiration (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), aktuelle Verdunstung (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss). (various references)

Greek 

ωφέλιμος υδατοκατανάλωσις (beneficial water use), ολική εξάτμισις (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), ολική εξατμισοδιαπνοή (consumptive water use, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses). (various references)

Italian

utilizzazione nazionale dell'acqua (beneficial water use), perdite complessive (consumptive water use, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), evapo-traspirazione (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), evapotraspirazione (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water loss, water losses), consumo idrico assoluto (consumptive water use, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses). (various references)

Pig Latin

aterway eusay

Portuguese

necessidades úteis de água (beneficial water use), evapo-transpiração potencial (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), evapotranspiração (consumptive water use, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses). (various references)

Spanish

evapotranspiración (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), evaporación total (consumptive water use, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), consumo adecuado de agua (beneficial water use), agua gastada (consumptive water use, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses). (various references)

Swedish

totalavdunstning (consumptive water use, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), rationell vattenförbrukning (beneficial water use), nyttobringande vattenförbrukning (beneficial water use), evapotranspiration (consumptive use, consumptive water use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water loss, water losses). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: austere, sweater.

-2 letters: aretes, easter, eaters, rawest, reseat, reseau, retuse, rewets, seater, tawers, teaser, urates, urease, waster, waters, wester.

-3 letters: arete, aster, aures, eater, erase, ester, ewers, rates, reest, resaw, reset, resew, reuse, rewet, saree, saute, sawer, setae, sewar, sewer, stare, steer, stere, straw, strew, sutra, sware, swart, swear, sweat, sweer, sweet, tares.

+2 letters: lusterware, outwearies, unwreathes.

+3 letters: lusterwares, watercourse, whereabouts.

+4 letters: quartersawed, watercourses.

+5 letters: outwardnesses, waterthrushes.