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  2. Noria - Wikipedia

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    The term noria is commonly used for devices which use the power of moving water to turn the wheel. [3] For devices powered by animals, the usual term is saqiyah or saqiya. [4] Other types of similar devices are grouped under the name of chain pumps. However, the names of traditional water-raising devices used in the Middle East, India, Spain ...

  3. Ancient Mayan compartments — used to hold water — discovered ...

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    One chultún is the first of its kind, found built under a building, officials said. Ancient Mayan compartments — used to hold water — discovered in Mexico. See them

  4. History of water supply and sanitation - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Rome, the Cloaca Maxima, considered a marvel of engineering, discharged into the Tiber. Public latrines were built over the Cloaca Maxima. [32] Beginning in the Roman era a water wheel device known as a noria supplied water to aqueducts and other water distribution systems in major cities in Europe and the Middle East.

  5. Norias of Hama - Wikipedia

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    It was built to supply water to the Great Mosque of Hama one kilometre away (0.63 mile) [3] and it also supplied a public hammam (bath-house) and fountains, houses, and gardens nearby. [18] A construction date of 1361 CE is established by an inscription on its aqueduct, stating year 763 of the Islamic calendar.

  6. Roman aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 October 2024. Type of aqueduct built in ancient Rome See also: List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire The multiple arches of the Pont du Gard in Roman Gaul (modern-day southern France). The upper tier encloses an aqueduct that carried water to Nimes in Roman times; its lower tier was expanded in the ...

  7. Sanitation in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Sanitation in ancient Rome, acquired from the Etruscans, was very advanced compared to other ancient cities and provided water supply and sanitation services to residents of Rome. Although there were many sewers, public latrines, baths and other sanitation infrastructure, disease was still rampant.

  8. Archimedes' screw - Wikipedia

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    The screw pump is the oldest positive displacement pump. [1] The first records of a water screw, or screw pump, date back to Hellenistic Egypt before the 3rd century BC. [1] [3] The Egyptian screw, used to lift water from the Nile, was composed of tubes wound round a cylinder; as the entire unit rotates, water is lifted within the spiral tube to the higher elevation.

  9. Ancient crystals reveal the earliest evidence of fresh water ...

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    A new analysis of ancient grains of crystal embedded in rock from the Australian outback suggests Earth had dry land and fresh water some 4 billion years ago — a time when scientists had thought ...