They placed dirt and rocks in a pan and then filled it about half way with water.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

About seventy-six centimeters of dry snow equals the water in two and one-half centimeters of rain.

VOA: special.2011.01.11

Add nine and one-half milliliters of salt to each liter of boiled water.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

Malaria,diarrhea,and typhoid- water-related diseases that are not fatal in First World countries- cause half of the child deaths in Yemen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The farmers themselves pay to keep it running. Their new irrigation method has cut water usage by half.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Water in the South Korean portion of the Imjin River surged Sunday more than four and a half meters, about twice its usual level.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Half our coral reefs are dead or dying. We've lost 90 percent of deep blue water,big game fish: the halibut,the tuna and the marlin that we all loved to eat.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04