All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... Magada and Namutumba town council.However, many residents attributed the low latrine coverage to sandy soils.Aggrey Basooma said the it required one to construct latrines with bricks over 30 feet below the ground, a very expensive venture that many could not afford.
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... 300 feet deep, for Luther College's Center for the Arts in Decorah, Iowa. It recently did some soil testing for the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul to determine the feasibility of a geothermal system in future campus development. Soils have to be tested because those with more moisture tend to be better for geothermal systems than dry, sandy soils, he said.Geothermal...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... 300 feet deep, for Luther College's Center for the Arts in Decorah, Iowa. It recently did some soil testing for the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul to determine the feasibility of a geothermal system in future campus development. Soils have to be tested because those with more moisture tend to be better for geothermal systems than dry, sandy soils, he said.Geothermal...
English Webster (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
WESTERN NEGEV BLUES by Steve Kramer PART 1: The Situation in the Western Negev The Western Negev is part of Israel's largest desert, covering about 60% of the country's area. It has light, partially sandy soil with sand dunes of up to 100 feet, although the topography is mostly flat and the rainfall extremely scarce - about 10 inches per year. But these geographical facts are not what...
10,000 Birds (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... Cod in brackish water, feeding on a variety of marine life, and come ashore to lay their eggs in sandy soil (often two clutches are laid in a single summer). Though at one time they were considered a delicacy people stopped eating them quite awhile ago and in most locations their populations eventually bounced back. The biggest threat to them now is predation, not only by raccoons,...
Hecate (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
This is Sage Bergarten, German Mountain Sage. It is mad for the mix of sandy soil and wood chips in my herb bed. In late October or early November, I'll cut it and hang it up to dry. I'll burn it all winter in a tiny incense burner that my world-traveler brother gave to me, on a small block of charcoal. It will purify the air in my ritual room, ground me, remind me that summer is coming,...
Rob Edwards (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... Glasgow, the M74, also go through landslip-prone areas. When large amounts of rain fall on porous sandy soils and peat, they rapidly become saturated. If they are underlain by rock or some other impermeable barrier, the water may have no escape and can literally liquify the ground. On steep slopes this can trigger what geologists call a "debris flow", resulting in many tonnes of mud...
Lightwater (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... river in the Borough, we’re not prone to river flooding, and having mostly light free-draining sandy soils we’re not subject to groundwater flooding. But, like anywhere else in the country, surface water [pluvial] flooding can affect us badly. As the Pitt Review notes on surface water flooding, more attention needs to be paid to the flooding amplified by growing urbanisation and water...
