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Around 1870, when the Texas and Pacific Railway was built, the city was founded as Windmill Town. In 1881, it was renamed as Merkel in honor of the first settler in this area, S. M. Merkel, from Germany. In 1882, the first mercantile store and in 1883, the first post office opened. [6]
Mena Water Dept 7777 Mena, Arkansas: Surface Menifee Water Department 435 Menifee, Arkansas: Surface purchased Mid-Arkansas Utilities Pwa 11148 Cabot, Arkansas: Surface purchased Midway Water Association 2100 Proctor, Arkansas: Ground Mill Pond Village Mhp 160 Royal, Arkansas: Ground Miller County Public Water Authority 355 Texarkana, Arkansas
City of Falls Church Department of Public Works (serves Falls Church and east-central Fairfax County) City of Manassas Utilities (also wholesale) Fairfax County Water Authority (most of Fairfax County , major wholesaler to surrounding areas)
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California reservoirs store fresh water for use in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. These reservoirs were built specifically to preserve water during times of drought, and are in place for emergencies uses such as earthquake, floods or other events.
MWDOC delivers water to its 27 member agencies - made up of both water districts and city water departments - who then, in turn, provide retail water service to the public. [6] [7] Metropolitan is the largest municipal water supplier in the United States, and MWDOC is the third largest Metropolitan member agency [8] [9] [10].
In 1910, the North Shore Channel was completed to provide drainage for the marshy areas north of the city and to direct lake water into the North Branch of the Chicago River for dilution. The Cal-Sag Channel was ready for operation in 1922, which also was the year the first treatment plant of the Sanitary District of Chicago was completed.
The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) is the largest drinking water and sewage utility in Bexar County, Texas, United States. Based in the Midtown Brackenridge district of San Antonio, SAWS draws water from the Edwards Aquifer to service its customers in all 8 counties of the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area. SAWS is owned by the City of San ...
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police, also known as DEP Police, and formerly known as the Bureau of Water Supply Police and the Aqueduct Police, is a law enforcement agency in New York City whose duties are to protect and preserve the New York City water supply system maintained by the New York City Department of ...