water catchment

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• water catchment —    The intake of water from an aquifer or a surface reservoir [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Western Water Catchment — The Western Water Catchment currently houses four reservoirs, Tengeh Reservoir, Poyan Reservoir, Murai Reservoir and Sarimbun Reservoir. The Western Water Catchment is also a live firing area …   Wikipedia

• Water resources of Singapore — The water resources of Singapore are especially precious given the small amount of land and territory in Singapore s geography while having a large urban population in the city state.Without natural freshwater rivers and lakes, the primary… …   Wikipedia

• Catchment area — A Catchment area may be: * drainage basin: a water catchment area or watershed in physical geography. * catchment area (human geography): a term within human geography defining the area and population from which a city or individual service… …   Wikipedia

• Catchment Management Authority (New South Wales) — Catchment Management Authorities are responsible for the management of water catchments in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The thirteen Catchment Management Authorities are statutory bodies within the Environment and Climate Change… …   Wikipedia

• catchment area — catchment areas 1) N COUNT: oft N of n The catchment area of a school, hospital, or other service is the area that it serves. [BRIT] ...the catchment areas of the district general hospitals. 2) N COUNT In geography, the catchment area of a river… …   English dictionary

• catchment — [kech′mənt] n. 1. the catching or collecting of water, esp. rainfall 2. a reservoir or other basin for catching water 3. the water thus caught …   English World dictionary

• Water supply and sanitation in Ireland — Water supply and sanitation services in Ireland, in contrast to most countries in the world, are provided free of charge to domestic users since 1997. Only non domestic users are billed for these services. The bulk of the costs of service… …   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

• Catchment board — noun (NZ) A public body responsible for water supply from a catchment area • • • Main Entry: ↑catch …   Useful english dictionary

• Water quality modelling — involves the prediction of water pollution using mathematical simulation techniques. A typical water quality model consists of a collection of formulations representing physical mechanisms that determine position and momentum of pollutants in a… …   Wikipedia