By 1928 the source of water had changed, and the building fell into disuse.
And you can set up a network anywhere you've got a single source of water.
Ocean water desalination will not be a viable source of water for agriculture for decades.
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Clean water is being trucked in for residents until a different source of water can be found.
Agricultural cultivation consumes the largest share of water in the Arab region and is a primary source of water stress.
Thus, protecting the Kissimmee River, the primary source of water for Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades, has become a paramount goal for conservationists.
Gaza's only fresh source of water is too dangerous to drink because of contamination by fertiliser and human waste, a new report says.
In addition, aquifers offer an essential buffer to populations in dry regions by providing a reliable source of water even during long periods without rainfall.
It is the source of water-supply of agricultural and everyday needs.
Because Roman fountains traditionally provided water, as well as glorified their patrons, it was a perfect gesture to make this grand source of water a homage to water's own sources.
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Purves is very concerned about the glaciers in the Himalayan mountains that are the main source of water for irrigation and drinking in China and India, well over 2 billion people.
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While the source of water currently received by the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation is filtered, sewage leakage and the poor management of waste often contaminates drinking water on its way into the homes.
Mr. DEREK SCHEER (Clean Wisconsin): Because it's such a large portion of the world's freshwater and it is a thirsty world, there is more and more concern that folks will be coming after the Great Lakes as a source of drinking water outside of the Great Lakes basin.
In arid regions, in places feeling a need for the lack of water, underground water resources are often the only source of fresh water.
Of greatest concern initially, the Keystone XL pipeline was designed to run through Nebraska's Sandhills, which lie above the Ogallala Aquifer, the main source of drinking water and irrigation for millions of people.
The specter of dead pigs fouling a crucial source of drinking water also highlighted the parallel issue of food safety.
In a statement, the Shanghai municipal government said that the water in Huangpu River, which is a major source of drinking water for Shanghai, was safe.
"Using these plants, we will be able to remove radioactive nuclides from the water and make it clean for irrigation purposes or even as a source of drinking water, " says Slavik Dushenkov of Phytotech.
The site, which contains a natural spring, is the nearest source of fresh water to Stonehenge.
In the United States, the biggest source of potable water is the Ogallala Aquifer.
One of his neighbours, Muhammad Idris, complains that cow carcasses are poisoning the river that is their main source of drinking water.
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Declared one of three wetlands of global importance by Unesco in 1971, the Everglades is also the source of drinking water for approximately five million people in south Florida.
The nearby Sikalima stream is another cause of friction between the Chinese-run mine and the cattle-herding community in the area, who rely on it as a source of drinking water.
Oriental Daily News says authorities are investigating after more than 200, 000 tonnes of rubbish was dumped illegally near a reservoir that will become Shenzhen's main source of drinking water next year.
One of the development goals set by the United Nations at the millennium was to halve the proportion of people without basic sanitation and a decent source of fresh water by 2015.
Returning the Golan to Syria is not a popular concept in Israel, she says, as it provides the country with its largest source of drinking water and is home to successful wineries and popular tourist sites.
There are plans to pipe water from Austria down south to much dryer countries like Spain - but some people who live at the source of the water in the Alps are not keen on the idea.
Aid organizations inside Zimbabwe warn that the contagious disease is spreading fast since raw sewage from burst pipes near the capital, Harare, flowed into wells, rivers and streams, the only source of drinking water for many Zimbabweans.
To put that figure in context, Iannelli says that the energy required to pump freshwater from underground (which, he says, is the most common source of drinking water in the West) typically produces just over 1.5 tonnes of CO2 per million gallons.
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