Used water is treated and then either safely disposed of, reused for industrial purposes or air-conditioning, or mixed with reservoir water for drinking.
She discusses Florida's Lake Okeechobee, a reservoir where water levels have fallen so low that fires recently broke out on the lakebed.
On 23 December, the government granted a drought order to South East Water to help it protect Ardingly reservoir in Sussex after water levels dropped to 12% by the end of November.
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Dormice have been recorded at Alton Water reservoir near Ipswich for the first time.
These fractures are then connected to create an artificial reservoir in which water can be injected to create steam.
"If you install a water reservoir that will change things totally and that will lead to flooding, " he said.
This is the same gas responsible for recent coal mine accidents, and it can infiltrate the water reservoir if there is too much pumping, which creates a pressure draw down.
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One forest fire near Denver last summer dumped tons of mud and soot into the city's largest reservoir for drinking water and created the worst air pollution in the area's history.
The wind farm supplies electricity directly to the network while simultaneously feeding a pumping unit that stores water in reservoir dam.
And what of Mr Lu and his warnings about the height of the water in the reservoir?
Northern Ireland Water said their reservoir levels were "satisfactory for this time of year" and they had no concerns.
To begin with, the vertical depth separation between drinking water aquifers and reservoir targets for gas production is several thousand feet of impermeable rock.
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Ostensibly, Obama made the decision to block the pipeline because of concern over contamination of the Ogallala Reservoir, a vast underground water source that makes much of Midwestern agriculture possible.
To try to combat the problem, the agency has twice released better-oxygenated water from Kielder Reservoir into the river in an effort to help salmon move out of the estuary and into the freshwater section of the river.
There is plenty of hiking and mountain biking just beyond downtown, stand up paddle boarding and kayaking on the reservoir, nearby guided white water rafting trips, horseback riding and world class fly fishing, all of which can be done by outfitters who will pick you up at your hotel.
"That reservoir was closed off, boiled water notices issued immediately and people were compensated, " he said.
Cryptosporidium was found in water from the Mugdock Reservoir in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire.
It would involve the construction of a dam, reservoir, underground power station and water tunnels in the hills above Loch Lochy.
People living near Portavoe Reservoir outside Donaghadee have claimed that water levels have dropped recently after a sluice gate was left open.
Water held in the reservoir, upstream of the city on the River Laver at Birkby Nab farm, will gradually drain away downstream.
The pump storage hydro scheme is designed to "soak up" excess power generated by wind and wave farms, using it to pump water up to a reservoir.
The toads' destination: their birthplace in the Roxborough Reservoir, which once provided drinking water to Philadelphians and is now preserved as open space in the city's park system.
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At Goliad the uranium ore is located just 400 feet deep within the same rock as a groundwater reservoir that ranchers tap for drinking water, both for themselves and their livestock.
Although Pakistan has demanded a change in the status of the Kashmir Valley, it depends on water from the Mangla Reservoir in Pakistani-administered Jammu and Kashmir and would be unlikely to permit loss of control of the region.
The building was designed by William Errington in 1875 with the purpose of bringing water from the Western Springs Reservoir to Auckland.
Those served by the reservoir were warned to boil their tap water before drinking or using it to prepare food, brush teeth or bathe babies.
Water is channelled into a reservoir above sea level.
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But operations were later suspended after a rock fall in a tunnel carrying water to the facility from a reservoir.
The reservoir was built to provide storage for clean water for Leyland.
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