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  2. Nonresidential water use in the U.S. - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a USGS nationwide compilation of public supply withdrawals and deliveries indicates that in 2010 the total daily volume of nonresidential use was approximately 12,000 million gallons per day (mgd) and accounted for about 29 percent of public supply withdrawals (or 45 gallons per capita per day when divided by the estimated 268 million people who relied on public-supply ...

  3. Bill of quantities - Wikipedia

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    A bill of quantities is a document used in tendering in the construction industry in which materials, parts, and labor (and their costs) are itemized.It also (ideally) details the terms and conditions of the construction or repair contract and itemizes all work to enable a contractor to price the work for which he or she is bidding.

  4. Construction bidding - Wikipedia

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    For instance, a bill of quantities is a list of all the materials (and other work such as amount of excavation) of a project which have sufficient detail to obtain a realistic cost, or rate per described item of work/material.

  5. Olympic-size swimming pool - Wikipedia

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    The new Olympic-sized swimming pool was designed to provide advantages to competitors. Increasing the lane count from eight to ten introduces a "buffer lane", helping to absorb waves generated by movements of the swimmers. [5] The increased depth of the pool assists the lane lines in dissipating water churn, thereby creating less hydrodynamic ...

  6. Artistic swimming due to kick off in Paris – without any men

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    The artistic swimming competition begins today at the Paris 2024 ... as not a single man has been selected among the 96 athletes from 18 countries set to battle it out in the pool. Bill May (right ...

  7. Swimming pool - Wikipedia

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    A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built above ground (as a freestanding construction or as part of a building or other larger structure), and may be found as a ...

  8. Pool Cleaning Tips You Need to Know Before You Buy One

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  9. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    An Olympic-size swimming pool holds over 2 acre-feet of water For larger volumes of liquid, one measure commonly used in the media in many countries is the Olympic-size swimming pool. [51] A 50 m × 25 m (164 ft × 82 ft) Olympic swimming pool, built to the FR3 minimum depth of 2 metres (6.6 ft) would hold 2,500 m 3 (660,000 US gal).