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The town, located eight kilometres (5.0 mi) downriver, was quickly engulfed by water moving at a velocity of 108 kilometres per hour (67 mph). The time between hearing a loud roar as a result of the break and the subsequent torrent of water was insufficient for residents to escape. The surge carried along many tree trunks and debris. [2]
The acidic tailings, which contained dangerous levels of several heavy metals, quickly reached the nearby River Agrio, and then its parent river, the River Guadiamar, travelling about 40 kilometres (25 mi) along these waterways and covering an area of 4,600 hectares (11,000 acres) before they could be stopped. [1]
The reservoir emptying through the failed Teton Dam on June 5, 1976 Ruins of the dam of Vega de Tera (Spain) after breaking in 1959. A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. [1]
A "series of four significant breaks in the 12 ½ mile-long Transcanyon Waterline that supplies water from the canyon for use in the park" has resulted in no potable water "being pumped to either ...
Water stagnation for as little as six days can completely change bacterial community composition and increase cell count. [3] Stagnant water may be classified into the following basic, although overlapping, types: Water body stagnation (stagnation in swamp, lake, lagoon, river, etc.) Surface and ground water stagnation; Trapped water stagnation.
The main pipeline providing water to the Grand Canyon National Park has failed after a series of breaks, leading to a sudden and sweeping shutdown of overnight hotel stays during one of the ...
As unrelenting heat set in across Texas this summer, opponents of a sweeping new law targeting local regulations took to the airwaves and internet with an alarming message: outdoor workers would ...
The analysis showed that drinking water had improved since the last report by OCU on drinking water in 2006. Problems were encountered only in Ourense (trihalomethane) and in Girona (pesticides). [2] OCU carried out another analysis in 2014 of 62 municipalities and cities and found that 7 had issues with contamination whereof one was major ...