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  • The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission last month imposed a six-month moratorium on drilling new water-storage wells, citing "circumstantial evidence" that they enhanced or possibly caused earthquakes in a 576-square mile area.

    Arkansas Regulators Looking to Halt Wastewater-Storage Operations Daniel Gilbert 2011

  • It uses natural components such as rice-husk ash, a byproduct of polishing rice, and attaches to a water-storage unit to purify water.

    Tata Water Purifier Wins the Top Prize for Novel Product Andrew LaVallee 2010

  • As temperature changes increase the frequency and intensity of severe weather events around the world, poor countries -- which often lack infrastructure such as storm walls and water-storage facilities -- will divert resources away from fighting poverty in order to respond to disaster.

    Eco-Justice 2009

  • The bond issue included $3 billion for building water-storage projects such as dams, and $2.3 billion for improving aging levees and other portions of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the hub of California's water system.

    California Puts Off Huge Water-Upgrade Effort 2010

  • Mr. Liu said inadequate water-storage facilities and inadequate irrigation systems have worsened a situation caused by lower rainfall and higher-than-normal temperatures in the southwest.

    Beijing Turns Attention to Worsening Drought 2010

  • Mr. Liu said inadequate water-storage facilities and inadequate irrigation systems have worsened a situation caused by lower rainfall and higher-than-normal temperatures in the southwest.

    Beijing Turns Attention to Worsening Drought 2010

  • Mr. Liu said inadequate water-storage facilities and inadequate irrigation systems have worsened a situation caused by lower rainfall and higher-than-normal temperatures in the southwest.

    Beijing Turns Attention to Worsening Drought 2010

  • Mr. Liu said inadequate water-storage facilities and inadequate irrigation systems have worsened a situation caused by lower rainfall and higher-than-normal temperatures in the southwest.

    Drought in China Draws Official Scrutiny 2010

  • Instead of recognizing that we first need to use every drop of water that falls near us and only then rely on long-distance transport and surface storage, the governor's proposal continues excessive reliance on outmoded water-storage solutions, lowers the emphasis on protection provided by existing law for the health of California's waterways, does almost nothing to enhance local self-reliance on water supplies, and fails to guarantee commonsense reforms of water policy.

    Carl Pope: Is California Really Solving Its Water Crisis? 2009

  • The life of these works is limited by the fact that areas in which there is rapid fall of water are also likely to be areas of great erosion; the filling up of the dams with silt makes them useless for water-storage purposes.

    Energy and Society~ Chapter 5~ Steam~ Key to the Industrial Revolution 2009

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