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• Water law — This article has been tagged mdash; please see the bottom of the page for more information. Water law is the field of law dealing with the ownership, control, and use of water as a resource. It is most closely related to property law, but has… …   Wikipedia

• Engineering geology — is the application of the geologic sciences to engineering practice for the purpose of assuring that the geologic factors affecting the location, design, construction, operation and maintenance of engineering works are recognized and adequately… …   Wikipedia

• Water heating — is a thermodynamic process using an energy source to heat water above its initial temperature. Typical domestic uses of hot water are for cooking, cleaning, bathing, and space heating. In industry, both hot water and water heated to steam have… …   Wikipedia

• Water supply and sanitation in India — continue to be inadequate, despite longstanding efforts by the various levels of government and communities at improving coverage. The situation is particularly inadequate for sanitation, since only one of three Indians has access to improved… …   Wikipedia

• Water pinch analysis — (WPA) originates from the concept of heat pinch analysis. WPA is a systematic technique for reducing water consumption and wastewater generation through integration of water using activities or processes. WPA was first introduced by Wang and… …   Wikipedia

• Water supply and sanitation in Cuba — is characterized by a high level of access, but at limited quality of service. A state owned enterprise is in charge or providing services throughout the country within the country s socialist, centrally planned Cuban economic system. Aa a… …   Wikipedia

• Water crib — Water cribs are offshore structures that collect water from close to the bottom of a lake to supply a pumping station onshore. The name crib is derived from the function of the structure to surround and protect the intake shaft. Cities supplied… …   Wikipedia

• Water Resources Development Act of 1976 — Water Resources Development Act of 1976, (WRDA 1976), USPL|94|587 is a public law enacted on October 22, 1976 by the Congress of the United States of America concerning various water resources and projects. [ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi… …   Wikipedia

• Water politics — Water politics, sometimes called hydropolitics, is politics affected by water and water resources.The first use of the term, hydropolitics, came in the book by John Waterbury, entitled Hydropolitics of the Nile Valley, Syracuse University Press,… …   Wikipedia

• Water supply and sanitation in the United States — is provided by towns and cities, public utilities that span several jurisdictions and rural cooperatives. About 15 million Americans are served by their own wells. Public water supply and sanitation systems are regulated by state level regulatory …   Wikipedia

• Water supply and sanitation in Saudi Arabia — differs from most other countries in three significant aspects. First, it relies almost exclusively on two sources that are absent in most other countries: desalination and fossil water. Second, given the substantial oil wealth of the country,… …   Wikipedia