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2. Low-flow fixtures - Wikipedia

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   Leaking fixtures can contribute to significant water waste. According to the EPAs WaterSense, a leaky faucet that drips at a rate of one drip per second can waste more than 3,000 gallons of water per year. [21] Old and worn out rubber valve seals in a toilet tank can lead to significant leaks causing the toilet to refill constantly. Some leaky ...

3. Delta Faucet Company - Wikipedia

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   Delta Faucet Company [1] is an American manufacturer of plumbing fixtures and plumbing materials. It is a subsidiary of Masco Corporation. It manufactures and markets faucets, kitchen sinks, bath/shower fixtures, and toilets under the Delta, Kraus, Peerless, and Brizo [2] brand names.

4. Pfister (firm) - Wikipedia

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   Pfister products' price range generally is somewhat lower than those of competitors such as Moen and Delta, but higher than those of private label brands such as The Home Depot's Glacier Bay and Delta's low-cost Peerless brand. Besides residential products, Pfister also manufactures a custom-designed fixture faucet line, PFISTER Custom Faucet ...

5. Plucking (glaciation) - Wikipedia

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   Plucking is increased where there are preexisting fractures in a rock bed. As the glacier slides down a mountain, energy from friction, pressure or geothermal heat causes glacial meltwater to infiltrate the spaces between rocks. [4] This process, known as frost wedging, puts stress on the rock structure as water expands when it freezes.

6. Glacial lake outburst flood - Wikipedia

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   The glacier is close to sealing off Russell Fjord (top) from Disenchantment Bay (below). A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a type of outburst flood caused by the failure of a dam containing a glacial lake. An event similar to a GLOF, where a body of water contained by a glacier melts or overflows the glacier, is called a jökulhlaup.

7. Kame delta - Wikipedia

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   A kame delta (or ice-contact delta, morainic delta [1]) is a glacial landform formed by a stream of melt water flowing through or around a glacier and depositing material, known as kame (stratified sequence of sediments) deposits. Upon entering a proglacial lake at the end (terminus) of a glacier, the river/stream deposit these sediments. This ...

8. After decades of failure, California dusts off controversial ...

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   Fixing the Delta with a tunnel has been considered for decades, with no success. Gavin Newsom is trying again. After decades of failure, California dusts off controversial Delta tunnel water project

9. List of glaciers - Wikipedia

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   Ice streams are a type of glacier [5] and many of them have "glacier" in their name, e.g. Pine Island Glacier. Ice shelves are listed separately in the List of Antarctic ice shelves. For the purposes of these lists, the Antarctic is defined as any latitude further south than 60° (the continental limit according to the Antarctic Treaty System). [6]