idling

After fiddling with the device and calling Dean for tips on its operation, Andrew had the pump purring like an idling motorcycle.

Other scenarios simulate idling irrigated farmland, reducing pumping in areas where groundwater levels are forecast to decrease the most, setting limits on how much groundwater can be pumped and curtailing junior water rights.

There is only the rhythmic idling of the car’s engine and the occasional sound of windshield wipers to evoke a beating heart.

However, he said he hopes the approach of idling farmland will be temporary and end after three years.

The Houthis have also fired large numbers of ballistic missiles at the Israeli Red Sea port of Eilat, idling it since November.