Concerning cities discharging into areas that were not declared as sensitive, as of 2002, Greece achieved a low compliance rate : It provided secondary treatment for less than 50 % of the concerned waste water load.
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While environmentalists are critical of the plan because it neglects green techniques such as permeable pavement and rain gardens, instead favoring a " gray " approach employing huge 15'diameter pipes to handle peak storm water load, Alcosan responds that green changes are the province of the municipalities, not Alcosan.
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At altitudes above 8, 000 feet, people need to consume double the water they would at sea level, yet the survey of 126 hikers on a popular 14.5-mile trail elevated over 10, 000 feet found that only 1 percent carried a sufficient water load, a half liter per hour of walking, said Dr . Jack Westfall, the lead author of the study.
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At altitudes above 8, 000 feet, people need to consume double the water they would at sea level, yet the survey of 126 hikers on a popular 14 . 5-mile trail elevated over 10, 000 feet found that only 1 percent carried a sufficient water load, a half liter per hour of walking, said Dr . Jack Westfall, the lead author of the study.