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Reservoir: - Any natural or artificial holding area used to store, regulate, or control water.
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No risk of flooding from reservoir  -  05 Aug 2008
The Press AssociationHomes are no longer at risk of flooding from a reservoir that was in danger of bursting, police have said. Heavy rain over the weekend affected the

RWSA releases names of reservoir task force members  -  05 Aug 2008
Charlottesville Daily Progress,By Brandon Shulleeta A 13-member task force is ready for long discussions about dredging the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir. On Monday, the Rivanna Water and

Foster Reservoir almost full  -  05 Aug 2008
Statesman Journal,The US Army Corps of Engineers has raised the level of Foster Reservoir steadily during the weekend, and by this morning the lake was scheduled to be 9 feet

Principle Reservoir Engineer  -  05 Aug 2008
OilVoice (press release),The company is currently in a period of immense growth and is looking to add to its dedicated team by recruiting a Principle Reservoir Engineer.

Blaze near Uvas Reservoir contained  -  05 Aug 2008
Gilroy Dispatch,Downed power lines ignited a one-acre blaze near Uvas Reservoir Monday, according to a Cal Fire spokesperson. Six Cal Fire engines and a bulldozer responded

Spraying targets salt cedar at Seminoe Reservoir  -  05 Aug 2008
KPAX-TV,...(AP) - Spraying begins this week to try to eradicate up to 1000 acres of salt cedar around Seminoe Reservoir. The Medicine Bow Conservation District plans

Bicyclist, 11, struck and killed at Reservoir  -  05 Aug 2008
Lancaster Newspapers,Drew Bogroff died at Lancaster General Hospital following the 5:38 crash at East Madison and North Reservoir streets, Sgt. Mark Radmore said.

Water Level at Tajik Reservoir Rises Due to Hot Weather  -  05 Aug 2008
istockAnalyst.com,Dushanbe, 4 August: Water level at the Nurek reservoir has risen by 1.1 m over the last two days, the press secretary of the Barq-i Tojik [Tajik

EVENT: Reservoir fishing planned for disabled kids  -  05 Aug 2008
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald,Children ages 7 to 16 with physical or developmental disabilities are invited to fish Saturday with the help of volunteers on Potholes Reservoir 15 miles

Legacy of work  -  05 Aug 2008
GoErie.com,BY LISA THOMPSON Jason Stair, of Gettysburg, places perch back into the Pymatuning Reservoir while fishing on July 31. The 17088-acre Pymatuning Reservoir

Wider net cast for boozing on water  -  05 Aug 2008
Aspen Times,The state agency’s law enforcement officers can and do patrol bodies of water that aren’t state parks, including Ruedi Reservoir east of Basalt.

Moth-like Agencies Morph Into “New Dealâ€? Economic Pollinators  -  05 Aug 2008
theOneRepublic,But in 2004, the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California completed the largest dam and reservoir in the south half of the state for $2

Wyoming briefs  -  05 Aug 2008
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,ROCK SPRINGS -- The US Bureau of Reclamation reports that the Fontenelle Reservoir in southwest Wyoming has been filled by snowmelt runoff.

Zebra Mussels Documented at Lake Afton  -  05 Aug 2008
Kansas City infoZine,Since they were first documented in El Dorado Reservoir in 2003, zebra mussels have spread to five other Kansas lakes, including Winfield City Lake,

TVA Increases Water Flow at Chickamauga To Help Meet Downstream Needs  -  05 Aug 2008
The Chattanoogan,TVA follows its “balancing guide� procedures to ensure that water is drawn equitably from the tributary reservoirs and that no reservoir loses a

Plans to fix dam begin  -  05 Aug 2008
Berkshire Eagle,By Trevor Jones, Berkshire Eagle Staff DALTON — Nearly three years after severe storms shut down the Windsor Reservoir, a $5.23 million project will be

GOP Picnic Planned  -  05 Aug 2008
Hartford Courant,23 at the Rainbow Reservoir off Rainbow Road, from 1 to 6 pm The fundraising event is also an opportunity to meet Republican state House and Senate

Lifejackets could have saved couple  -  05 Aug 2008
Kansas.com,BY RON SYLVESTER A Reno County couple who drowned over the weekend at Cheney Reservoir might have survived if they had been wearing their life jackets.

Pickens To Begin Mandatory Water Restrictions  -  05 Aug 2008
News Channel 7,The city has a small reservoir that serves as the city’s primary water supply and Eldridge says that the reservoir is about 5 inches below normal.

Caples Lake drawdown continues  -  05 Aug 2008
Amador Ledger-Dispatch,By Staff Report Drawdown of water stored in the Caples Lake reservoir along Highway 88 in Alpine County continues, resulting in higher-than-usual water

Lake Powell highest in six years  -  05 Aug 2008
KTAR.com,By 2005, the reservoir sharnk to one-third of capacity, the lowest point since it began to fill in 1963. With runoff this year near 110 percent of the

Serica Energy plc ("Serica" or the "Company") - Second quarter ...  -  05 Aug 2008
Canada NewsWire (press release),The well entered the target Belumai reservoir at a depth of 7166 ft TVDSS and encountered gas-bearing sands over an interval of 107 ft with a net pay of 77

Bracing for the winter  -  05 Aug 2008
Neweurasia.net,Its main electricity generation facility, the Toktogul Reservoir, is having dangerously low water levels. Because the mountainous country faced a record

Cell phones aid searches in Quabbin  -  05 Aug 2008
The Republican - MassLive.com,By GEORGE GRAHAM BELCHERTOWN - The Quabbin Reservoir is a vast place, especially if you are a lost or stranded fisherman with darkness or bad weather

Despite slowing economy, lower city tax rate proposed  -  05 Aug 2008
Mineral Wells Index,...“The dollars generated would be utilized to support the water district to develop the Turkey Creek Reservoir Project,� the city manager said of the water

Come fly with me...  -  05 Aug 2008
Lancaster and Morecambe Citizen,Some of the UK’s leading fly fishing experts will be giving free help and advice to anyone who wants to take a ‘taste’ of the sport at Stocks Reservoir,

Hunting/fishing report  -  05 Aug 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,Cost is $10 for the spraying and it's good for multiple trips to Cuyamaca so long as the boat is not used in another reservoir in between visits.

Storm Wreaks Havoc on Boaters  -  05 Aug 2008
WLBT-TV,By Julie Straw Weekend storms proved treacherous for boaters out on the Ross Barnett Reservoir. The Reservoir Patrol came to the rescue of several people,

Water Woes in Woodstock  -  05 Aug 2008
Bugle-Observer,Unfortunately, that claim to fame came to an end last week with the discovery of bacteria during water tests at the Eastwood Heights reservoir.

It's pelican vs. trout in Idaho predator conflict  -  Aug 4, 2008
The Associated PressIdaho now has two colonies on islands behind the Snake River's Minidoka Dam near Rupert and in the Blackfoot Reservoir just west of the Idaho-Wyoming border

Woman killed in overturned vehicle near Calaveras Reservoir  -  Aug 3, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,By Vianna Davila A woman was killed early Saturday morning when the vehicle she was in overturned in a wooded area near the Calaveras Reservoir in northeast

Walks and talks at Wistlandpound reservoir  -  Aug 4, 2008
North Devon Gazette & Advertiser,JOIN a series of evening walks and talks among the stunning scenery of Wistlandpound Reservoir near Blackmoor Gate to learn more about the long history and

Reservoir reaching recent record  -  Aug 3, 2008
LocalNews8.com,...(AP) - The US Bureau of Reclamation reports that the Fontenelle Reservoir in southwest Wyoming has been filled by snowmelt runoff. The reservoir has not

Old Dillon Reservoir drains  -  Aug 3, 2008
Summit Daily News,SUMMIT COUNTY — The water level at the Old Dillon Reservoir surprised observers by dropping nearly a foot within the first 24 hours after installation of a

Zebra mussels invade Marion Reservoir  -  Jul 30, 2008
Kansas City Star,BY MICHAEL PEARCE Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks officials said Tuesday that zebra mussels were found Monday in Marion Reservoir.

Olympics: Ming Tombs site to host grueling triathlon events  -  Aug 4, 2008
Inquirer.net,BEIJING -- The Ming Tomb reservoir aptly hosts the swimming section of the grueling Olympics triathlon events on August 18 to 19 as athletes push themselves

Rawal Lake pollution: Environmentalists suggest new water reservoir  -  Jul 31, 2008
Daily Times,Tabassum was of the view that as pollution in the lake’s catchment area could not be checked, there was no other choice but to build another water reservoir

Essex: reservoir work raises water bills  -  Jul 31, 2008
The Gazette,By Lauren Oldershaw » WATER bills are set to rise to help pay for major work to extend Abberton Reservoir near Colchester. The news Essex and Suffolk Water

Plans Halted to Blast Rock at Reservoir  -  Jul 30, 2008
New York Times,By TRYMAINE LEE A State Supreme Court justice on Wednesday placed a temporary restraining order on plans to start blasting rock at the Jerome Park Reservoir

Last displaced township dismantled in China's Three Gorges ...  -  Jul 22, 2008
Xinhua,YICHANG, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The last displaced township in China's Three Gorges reservoir area in central Hubei Province finished the evacuation of its

No Need for Power Rationing Yet in Tajikistan  -  Aug 4, 2008
istockAnalyst.com,The source said that an inflow [of water] from the River Vakhsh into the Norak reservoir had reached 1760 cu.m. per second over the last two days,

Electro-shock fishery survey  -  Aug 4, 2008
NRToday.com,In 2004, PacifiCorp began pumping from the reservoir more cold water and sending it into the river at the bottom of the dam. A criterion in its relicensing

Reservoir bikes  -  Aug 2, 2008
Huddersfield Examiner,At the top we have our first view of Blackmoorfoot Reservoir. Dropping down the hill, there is an unmade road going off to the right and for those wishing

Jet Ski Accident Kills 13-year-old Boy at American Falls Reservoir  -  Aug 1, 2008
LocalNews8.com,By Michelle Costa A 13-year-old boy was killed Wednesday night in the American Falls Reservoir. A jet skier ran over the child who was playing in the water

Shrinking Lahontan Reservoir increases boating worries; boaters ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
Reno Gazette Journal,By Steve Timko • stimko@rgj.com • August 1, 2008 Water levels are so low at Lahontan Reservoir that state officials recommend people not use boats.

Helping build dreams and a dam in Cambodia  -  Aug 4, 2008
Napa Valley Register,When expected October monsoons drench the Siem Reap region, the massive gate under their feet will be lowered to trap the water in the 50-hectare reservoir.

Weekly water roundup  -  Aug 4, 2008
Examiner.comThis week the Castle Rock town council approved an agreement with Parker for the storage of 8000 acre feet of water in Rueter-Hess Reservoir.

Fishing report  -  Aug 2, 2008
St. George Daily Spectrum,Three Creeks Reservoir is empty and Kents Lake should drop to the conservation pool level in a week. Public access at Puffer Lake is restricted to 100 yards

SENIOR RESERVOIR ENGINEER  -  Aug 1, 2008
OilVoice (press release),A Senior Reservoir Engineer is required to join a leading global independent energy company engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and

Brattleboro panel discusses proposed 'no wake' water rules  -  Aug 4, 2008
Rutland Herald,The reservoir has a 10-mph speed limit and a "no-wake" rule, but Hasen noted a no-wake rule was unenforceable because "even a duck makes a wake," Hasen said




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