irrigation
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New Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced in the summer a package of support , externalmeasures including grant funding to construct reservoirs and irrigation infrastructure.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
If the colon irrigation and hypoxia training don’t chill me out, I have a feeling the long nature walks and lake swimming might.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It’s killing the farmers who fill combines and irrigation pumps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
After storms subside, stored water can be used for irrigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
As far back as 3500 B.C., the Sumerians, the original inhabitants of this area, mastered irrigation and flood control to create a fertile oasis amid the sandy plains of what is now Iraq.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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"I can go online and see what irrigations are needed down in Santa Barbara, 300 miles away," says Mr Maraden, who is based in Napa, north west of San Francisco.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
This is where nasal irrigations can be so helpful.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
“If you took all the people who say they have chronic sinusitis in the world, and you put them all on nasal saline irrigations, a big proportion would not have any symptoms anymore,” he said.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2011
Using satellite imagery between 1998 and 2002, Beman and colleagues discovered algae blooms up to 220 square miles large that followed just days after the periodic irrigations in the valley.
From Washington Post
So allocating more elbow room allows vegetables to get larger and yield longer and allows the gardener to reduce the frequency of irrigations.
From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Steve Solomon
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