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  2. Taanka - Wikipedia

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    The water stored saves people from the daily task of walking long distances to fetch water from sources which are often contaminated. The water in a taanka is usually only used for drinking. If any year there was less than normal rainfall and household tanka do not get filled, water would instead be obtained from nearby wells and tanks to fill ...

  3. GIF - Wikipedia

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    Although GIF was not designed as an animation medium, its ability to store multiple images in one file naturally suggested using the format to store the frames of an animation sequence. To facilitate displaying animations, the GIF89a spec added the Graphic Control Extension (GCE), which allows the images (frames) in the file to be painted with ...

  4. Water canister - Wikipedia

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    A water canister with a screw cap on top and tap on bottom. A water container, water canister or water can is a medium-sized portable container for transport, storage and use of water. Large plastic bottles are sometimes called "canisters". Water canisters can for example be used for drinking water, wastewater or showering.

  5. Bleach - Wikipedia

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    Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), usually as a 3–6% solution in water, usually called "liquid bleach" or just "bleach". Historically called "Javel water" (French: eau de Javel). It is used in many households to whiten laundry, disinfect hard surfaces in kitchens and bathrooms, treat water for drinking, and keep swimming pools free of infectious ...

  6. Image file format - Wikipedia

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    The PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file format was created as a free, open-source alternative to GIF. The PNG file format supports 8-bit (256 colors) paletted images (with optional transparency for all palette colors) and 24-bit truecolor (16 million colors) or 48-bit truecolor with and without alpha channel – while GIF supports only 8-bit ...

  7. Chlorine dioxide - Wikipedia

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    Chlorine dioxide is also superior to chlorine when operating above pH 7, [17]: 4–33 in the presence of ammonia and amines, [28] and for the control of biofilms in water distribution systems. [25] Chlorine dioxide is used in many industrial water treatment applications as a biocide, including cooling towers, process water, and food processing ...

  8. List of image-sharing websites - Wikipedia

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    Free registration service. As of July 2017, payment of $400/year required if hosted images are to be displayed on external sites [19] Yes Yes 50,000,000 [20] With a free account, the user can use up to 10GB of bandwidth per month and 2GB storage. Unlimited free storage, 1MB per photo and 10 minutes per video (with image size restrictions).

  9. Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Water falling as rain upstream of the reservoir, together with any groundwater emerging as springs, is stored in the reservoir. Any excess water can be spilled via a specifically designed spillway. Stored water may be piped by gravity for use as drinking water, to generate hydro-electricity or to maintain river flows to support downstream uses ...