Word: reservoirs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...blocking a Hudson River hydroelectric project, the court reprieved a portion of the Harvard Black Rock Forest scheduled to be inundated by an 8-billion-gallon reservoir...
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...proposed reservoir would store water pumped up from the Hudson and release it to run generators by its descent. With a 12-million-kilowatt capacity, the $162 million Consolidated Edison installation would be the largest of its kind in the world...
...thin stream of water that can be regulated from a trickle to a jet. When turned on full blast, the jet of water flushes out food, tickles the ivories and massages the gums, giving a user the invigorating impression that he has just had his teeth professionally cleaned. Its reservoir tank can be filled with anything from mouthwash to vodka, according to the owner's taste. Water Pik also converts into one of the world's most devastating water pistols. Price...
...Sahara and the Middle East has now descended on lands as far off as Korea and Bechuanaland. Australia is suffering its worst water shortage in half a century; the normally moist northeastern U.S. is watching its green lawns wither through the end of a dry summer while its reservoir levels drop lower and lower. And even in the areas where water remains abundant, man is fouling it with his untreated sewage and industrial wastes...