• Water-use efficiency (WUE) refers to the ratio of plant biomass to water lost by transpiration, can be defined either at the leaf, at the whole plant or...
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    essential water used. Water efficiency differs from water conservation in that it focuses on reducing waste, not restricting use. Solutions for water efficiency...
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    of water. Because the process of recycling water cannot be accomplished. A concept that is closely related to water wasting is "water-use efficiency"....
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  • and industries. In 2019, the European Commission said: "Resource efficiency means using the Earth's limited resources in a sustainable manner while minimising...
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    A water footprint shows the extent of water use in relation to consumption by people. The water footprint of an individual, community, or business is...
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    in terms of total food produced and efficiency. Food and water is delivered to the animals, and therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents, vitamin supplements...
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  • restore land productivity. The determination of water-use efficiency (WUE) and Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE) in agricultural production systems is governed...
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    Efficient energy use, or energy efficiency, is the process of reducing the amount of energy required to provide products and services. There are many...
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    of water is using electricity to split water into oxygen (O 2) and hydrogen (H 2) gas by electrolysis. Hydrogen gas released in this way can be used as...
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    plants with improved avoidance or slowing of desiccation and better water use efficiency. ABA is the trigger for the closure of the stomatal opening. To trigger...
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    C4 carbon fixation (category Use dmy dates from January 2023)
    stomatal conductance, reduced water losses and have generally higher water-use efficiency. C4 plants are also more efficient in using nitrogen, since PEP carboxylase...
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    Substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater freshwater to address water scarcity and...
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    Fuel efficiency (or fuel economy) is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the ratio of effort to result of a process that converts chemical potential...
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  • Engine efficiency of thermal engines is the relationship between the total energy contained in the fuel, and the amount of energy used to perform useful...
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    Jevons paradox (category Use British English from November 2016)
    progress increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the falling cost of use induces increases...
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    substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially...
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  • Alliance for Water Efficiency is a stakeholder-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the efficient and sustainable use of water. The organization...
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    heat of vaporization of that water is not usable. Using the LHV, a condensing boiler can achieve a "heating efficiency" in excess of 100% (this does...
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  • size of irrigation. Water audit is a useful tool to determine the water use efficiency in an irrigation project by accounting water losses. The clear-cut...
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    field uniformly with water, so that each plant has the amount of water it needs, neither too much nor too little. Water use efficiency in the field can be...
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  • Mission National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency National Mission on Sustainable Habitat National Water Mission National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan...
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    Residential water use (also called domestic use, household use, or tap water use) includes all indoor and outdoor uses of drinking quality water at single-family...
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    thermodynamics, the thermal efficiency ( η t h {\displaystyle \eta _{\rm {th}}} ) is a dimensionless performance measure of a device that uses thermal energy, such...
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  • Soil moisture (category Water)
    water is immediately available for plant growth. Water use efficiency is measured by the transpiration ratio, which is the ratio of the total water transpired...
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    WaterSense is a program sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), designed to encourage water efficiency in the United States through...
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  • of the wheel but uses blades angled to the water flow. The WICON-Stem Pressure Machine (SPM) exploits this flow. Estimated efficiency 67%. The University...
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    Safflower (category Plants used in traditional Chinese medicine)
    the higher water use efficiency compared to other oil crops such as linseed and mustard. Shortly before and during maximum flowering water requirements...
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    "USGS: Livestock Water Use in the United States". water.usgs.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2018. "California Single Family Water Use Efficiency Study" (PDF). Irwd...
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    the efficiency of water use practices. Wastewater reclamation provides multiple benefits over desalination of saline water, although it typically uses desalination...
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  • Deficit irrigation (category Water and the environment)
    maximum crop water productivity rather than maximum yields (Zhang and Oweis, 1999). Crop water productivity (WP) or water use efficiency (WUE) expressed...
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