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21environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …
22Central Utah Project — The Central Utah Project is a United States federal water project. It was authorized for construction under the Colorado River Storage Project Act of April 11, 1956 (CRSPA) (Public Law 485, [70 Stat. 105] ) as a participating project. In general …
23Oroville-Thermalito Complex — Region: Northern California Nearest City(s): Oroville Thermalito, CA Operator(s): Department of Water Resources, State of California (aka: DWR) …
24harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled harbor any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… …
25Southern Nevada Water Authority — The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) was formed in 1991 to manage Southern Nevada s water needs on a regional basis. The Authority comprises seven member agencies including the City of Henderson, City of Las Vegas, City of North Las Vegas,… …
26Ocean thermal energy conversion — Temperature differences between the surface and 1000m depth in the oceans Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) uses the difference between cooler deep and warmer shallow or surface ocean waters to run a heat engine and produce useful work,… …
27London water supply infrastructure — London s Water Supply Infrastructure has developed over the centuries in line with the expansion of London and now represents a sizeable infrastructure investment. For much of London s history, private companies supplied fresh water to various… …
282003 world oil market chronology — *January 6: Venezuelan Minister of Energy and Mines Rafael Ramírez announces that the Venezuelan government plans to split state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PdVSA) into two separate entities as part of a large scale restructuring of… …
291990-1999 world oil market chronology — 1990*Aug: Iraq invades Kuwait. Crude and product prices soar upward; exchange markets react wildly to any middle east news events; cash markets dominate prices after trading hours; jet fuel prices rise to record spreads over other products due to …
30tunnels and underground excavations — ▪ engineering Introduction Great tunnels of the world Great tunnels of the worldhorizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A vertical opening …
