How to Use low water in a Sentence

low water

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  • Ryan said low water levels caused by Utah’s drought made the car visible in the first place.
    — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Utah has doubled the allowable limit for fishers because low water levels are expected to kill many fish in the streams.
    — New York Times, 23 July 2021
  • But the Great Salt Lake is rapidly shrinking and is soon expected to reach a record low water level.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Drought Water sport rental company feeling effects of low water levels at Pineview Reservoir.
    — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2021
  • Syrah is one of the hardiest grape varieties; stressful conditions, like low water availability, often result in a better wine.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2021
  • November through June, when the Bou operates, is the time of low water and bustling agricultural preparation.
    — J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Weeks earlier, Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, which sits near Las Vegas, hit its own record low water level.
    — Washington Post, 27 July 2021
  • Because of the low water levels, the bureau has begun to release water from three upstream reservoirs into Lake Powell ahead of schedule.
    — Sophia Eppolito, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Because of the low water levels, the bureau plans to release water from three upper basin reservoirs downstream into Lake Powell ahead of schedule.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2021
  • But this is not the first time the low water levels have revealed the ship.
    — CBS News, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The mayor said low water pressure could last a few days.
    — Emily Wagster Pettus and Michael Goldberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2022
  • And the low water levels also raise the stakes if anything in the Rhine shipping route goes wrong.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The tens of thousands of fish eventually sucked up all of the oxygen in the low water levels of the creek.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Part of the reason for this is fall water is often low water.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The key culprits were drought, low water supply, and the removal of orchards.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The drought combined with high heat to produce all-time low water levels.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The low water flows have left huge swathes of marshland completely dry.
    — Wil Crisp, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Others said that their showers had low water pressure and took too long to heat up.
    — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Make sure to use a low water pressure and clean and disinfect your bidet every now and then.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The low water levels in the lake have presented some challenges, mainly in the way of a landlocked dock.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 June 2022
  • There are many available trees rated for very low water use.
    — Lynlee Austell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2022
  • Dry years can mean low water levels and exposed shorelines, while wet years can bring storms and the risk of wreckage.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2024
  • Earlier this week, the low water levels in Lake Mead led to the discovery of the body of a man in a barrel who was likely shot in the 1980s.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2022
  • There are few signs of relief for the low water levels on the Mississippi.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
  • On Friday, the Coast Guard said there were more than 1,800 barges and vessels stuck along the river because of low water levels.
    — Kim Chipman Bloomberg News (tns), al, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Friday's low water mark comes barely a month after Lake Mead, the largest reservoir on the river, reached a record low.
    — Sophia Eppolito, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Some residents in parts of the city have low water pressure or none at all, according to a press release from the city.
    — Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • If low water pressure affects just one room, the first question is whether water is slow to just one or two fixtures or to the whole room.
    — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • What river, featured in Monday’s episode, has record low water levels due to drought in the central part of the United States?
    — CNN, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The water issues caused low water pressure through much of the capital city.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022

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