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Our household was kind of thrown into a forced water-conservation movement this morning, awaking to find out that our kitchen faucet was, to quote my Grandpa (who came over to try fixing it), "peeing sideways".
Archive 2009-04-01 Sarah 2009
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Our household was kind of thrown into a forced water-conservation movement this morning, awaking to find out that our kitchen faucet was, to quote my Grandpa (who came over to try fixing it), "peeing sideways".
Keeping Up with the Times Sarah 2009
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Honed by an entirely arid planet, they've developed superior water-conservation technology, complex religious and kinship systems, and the strongest war-culture in the universe.
Archive 2009-04-01 Erika Nelson 2009
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Honed by an entirely arid planet, they've developed superior water-conservation technology, complex religious and kinship systems, and the strongest war-culture in the universe.
Muad'Dib's Moral Ambiguity Erika Nelson 2009
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Separately, Mr. Bacon's foundation supports about 100 environmental organizations focusing on land- and water-conservation issues.
Helping Protect the Hudson River Melanie Grayce West 2011
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The National Farmers' Federation, representing 10 lobby groups, said the water-conservation plan failed to find the long-promised balance between social, economic and environmental impacts.
Australia's Breadbasket Faces Water Squeeze Ray Brindal 2011
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"I think it is a growing market and we will see a lot more," especially with the recent droughts in many areas of the U.S. and elsewhere, says Bahman Sheikh , a water-conservation consultant in San Francisco.
Building Owners Want Water That Never Leaves Jim Carlton 2011
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And Hudson Reed, which makes shower towers, might receive a $1.9 million fine for missing federal water-conservation standards.
What's new in Consumer Reports: Home content from the June 2010 issue 2010
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And Hudson Reed, which makes shower towers, might receive a $1.9 million fine for missing federal water-conservation standards.
What's new in Consumer Reports: Home content from the June 2010 issue 2010
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That ensures that factories and municipalities have little reason to invest in wastewater treatment or other water-conservation efforts.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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