But none of this seems to affect the regular rhythm of a typical day, which includes tropical cocktails, fruit shakes, tanning, the occasional afternoon beach volleyball game and, for the actively inclined, just about every imaginable water activity known to man.
Water can be easily stored and consumers have less discretion over when they use it (for instance, people cannot defer going to the toilet, which uses more water than any other activity at home), so the case for smart water meters is weaker.
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Don't be surprised if it stops counting water as a core activity and eventually sells what it has spent so much to buy.
He said the most important element is the "civilian surge" -- the dispatching of experts to Afghanistan to help the country produce more effectively in all sectors of the infrastructure and economy, including agriculture, water management and economic activity.
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However, both are now seriously threatened by deforestation and invasive practices, including intensive mining and logging, extensive livestock activity, water pollution, degradation of headwaters, unregulated processes of urban settlement, construction of roads, waterways and dams, drainage and diversion of rivers, burning of forests and illegal fishing and trade in wildlife.
After Grant was jailed, further allegations were made about fraudulent activity at the water park.
As in any industrial activity, this water has to be either recycled or disposed of in an environmentally appropriate way.
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At this time of year, the sun rises at around 6:30am, an hour after the first ferries leave the wharf, so there's plenty of activity on the water.
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Previous sites explored by the rover are thought to have been shaped by the activity of acidic water, which would pose a more challenging proposition for any simple microbes that might have evolved on the early Mars.
Staying at Lazy Beach is like going to a tropical summer camp: The rooms are simple, with mosquito nets, double beds, and cold-water bathrooms, and the activity options consist of swimming, sunbathing, snorkeling, and hiking 20 minutes through thick jungle to the heart-shaped bay on the island's east side.
But sea level rise, largely the result of manmade climate change, may have effects that go far beyond catastrophic flooding: a new paper shows how higher water may lead to increased volcanic activity.
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It is building reservoirs on high-mountain lake areas to ensure water supplies for the locals and this activity is likely to continue until well into 2013.
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The project has been carried out during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years and was aimed at all teachers open to participating in a creative activity on the theme of water and science with their Primary or early Secondary school classes.
The large stretch of water being covered extends across 50 square miles over two loughs which attract a high level of leisure activity including fishing, sailing, canoeing and over-the-water flying.
This workshop is an extension activity of the integrated and integral management of water in the province of Santa Fe, supported by the Regional Water Observatory of the MWSE, designed to encourage participation and training of all sectors involved in the issue of water and Habitat.
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Today, it is possible that the internet itself can create the kind of social activity that used to take place at the water cooler, and that, as a result, creative work and interdependent work of many kinds can in fact best be done by employees in remote locations.
In this context, an activity under the theme "The challenge of media and water as news and communications campaigns" was held.
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Like Katrina, it is a setup for criminal activity, but so far, they do have electricity and running water.
Once a rural farming town, it's now known as a hotbed for skydiving activity, and the home to large retiree mobile home parks and Zephyrhills bottled water.
According to the most recent National Survey of Recreation and the Environment by the federal government, approximately 17% of Americans had ever participated in some sort of paddle-sport activity, yet only 28% of those had any sort of on-water training session.
It was basically a safe activity, he said, as long as it was not from excessive heights and the water depths and hazards, such as rocks and tides, were known.
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Forecasters say people should limit outdoor activity during the hottest portions of the day, wear lightweight clothing, drink plenty of water and be watchful for signs of heat exhaustion, which include heavy sweating, pale and clammy skin, weak pulse, fainting and vomiting.
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