Word: stagnant
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...seems that the long dry spell in the Boston area has left the Charles low and relatively stagnant. At the same time, salt water has been coming in through the dam at the mouth of the river. Since the salt water is heavier, it sinks to the bottom, preventing the normal turnover of the river...
...result, the river has divided into a stagnant upper layer of fresh water and a deoxygenated lower layer of salt water. The sewage which is drained into the Charles falls to the bottom, where it decomposes. Since there is not enough oxygen, this decomposition produces hydrogen sulfide, which gives off the now-familiar smell or rotten eggs...
Upon arrival, Rosauro Luna, the leader of the group, discovered that the villagers were drinking water from a stagnant pool. The six therefore decided to make the installation of a water system their main project for the summer...
...much in evidence. Sound and images overlap. During long silent passages, the characters narrow their eyes at one another, conveying reams of censorable prose in each perfervid glance. The photography is often eerily beautiful-a subaqueous twilight world where everyone's torment finally condenses into eddying streams, stagnant pools and rushing rapids, an unsettling suggestion that the machinery of despair is water-driven...
...leaks occurring near electrical fixtures, and the Police Department if the leak comes from an adjoining apartment. The situation in New York, in fact, is so tricky and convoluted that, were it not for a volunteer angel named Ellen Straus, the city would even now be shoulder-high in stagnant water...