Freeze dates are defined as the observed period when a lake or river was completely ice-covered, and break-up dates as the last ice break-up seen before the summer open-water phase.

BBC: Ice records reveal warming trend

The second phase involved filtering the waste-water a third time, to bring it up to irrigation grade quality, so that it could be reused locally without upsetting anyone downwind of the plant.

FORBES: Making Rum a Green Enterprise

The first phase of construction includes early earthwork and concrete foundations for a mill and on-site power plant, expansion of the existing water-supply system, construction and operation of the initial phase of a new tailings facility, and expansion of camp facilities by approximately 6, 600 additional beds for workers.

FORBES: Kinross: Tasiast-Expansion Commitment To Hit $1 Billion By Year-End; Production Set For 2014

Mr. WHITAKER: You could do a query to identify all parcels with a particular zoning designation within so many feet of three-phase electrical power and so many feet of a water line, and the three properties left to put your business or your school would light up.

NPR: Security Officials Seek to Block Some Online Maps