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• water-supply system — Facilities for the collection, treatment, storage, and distribution of water. Ancient systems included wells, storage reservoirs, canals and aqueducts, and water distribution systems. Highly advanced systems appeared с 2500 BC and reached their… …   Universalium

• Seawater — in the Strait of Malacca Seawater is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world s oceans has a salinity of about 3.5% (35 g/L, or 599 mM). This means that every kilogram (roughly one litre by volume) of seawater has… …   Wikipedia

• Seawater Greenhouse — The Seawater Greenhouse is an established technology with the potential to create surplus fresh water from seawater, using a novel form of greenhouse that also provides ideal food growing conditions in arid regions. Three such units have been… …   Wikipedia

• Water supply and sanitation in Israel — is intricately linked to the historical development of Israel in the context of scarce water resources. Because the coastal plain of historical Palestine had few water resources, Theodor Herzl already envisioned the transfer of water from the… …   Wikipedia

• Water supply in Hong Kong — Providing an adequate water supply for Hong Kong has always been difficult because there are few natural lakes, rivers or substantial groundwater sources and of its high population density. Although the annual rainfall averages 2 214.3… …   Wikipedia

• environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction       infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …   Universalium

• Melbourne Water — is a government owned statutory authority that controls much of the water system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia including the reservoirs, and the sewerage and drainage system that services the city. Contents 1 Overview …   Wikipedia

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• Uranium depletion — is the inescapable result of extracting and consuming uranium since it is a finite resource. The journal Environmental Science and Technology argues that the availability of high grade uranium ore will deplete over time making the fuel more… …   Wikipedia

• aquarium — aquarial, adj. /euh kwair ee euhm/, n., pl. aquariums, aquaria /euh kwair ee euh/. 1. a glass sided tank, bowl, or the like, in which fish or other living aquatic animals or plants are kept. 2. a building or institution in which fish or other… …   Universalium