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At the far end, a reinforced glass window in the floor allows you to see the Oxford water-table.
Welcome to the Museum Of Weird and Wonderful Paul Levy 2011
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At the far end, a reinforced glass window in the floor allows you to see the Oxford water-table.
Welcome to the Museum Of Weird and Wonderful Paul Levy 2011
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In wet systems, water-table depth and soil drainage are critical variables limiting nutrient turnover in the soil; increases in C turnover in these systems are not linked to increases in C accumulation because increased C accumulation requires increased N and/or P supply [59].
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The USDA has recorded water-table drops of 100 feet in the Texas Panhandle.
A Biofuel Reality Check; A Sane Voice from Iowa Farm Country 2008
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Maybe they will just be dumped into landfills, to contaminate the water-table.
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Nanoscale iron filings introduced into contaminated soil can interact with toxic waste to break it down or render it insoluble, preventing it from entering the water-table and hence the food chain.
Boing Boing: August 31, 2003 - September 6, 2003 Archives 2003
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To reduce total water usage to self-sustainable levels so that we live within our water-table means, spending the "interest", not the "capital" stored in lakes and ground water.
Lake Chapala: 2001 follow-up to saving Mexico's largest lake 2001
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To reduce total water usage to self-sustainable levels so that we live within our water-table means, spending the "interest", not the "capital" stored in lakes and ground water.
Lake Chapala: 2001 follow-up to saving Mexico's largest lake 2001
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Sandy coastal lowlands, places with a high water-table, along seasonal watercourses, open sandy flood plains.
Chapter 7 1999
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Open grassland with a high water-table, along watercourses, flood plains, coastal coral sands, often in dense stands.
Chapter 7 1999
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