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It was used in the archaic system of old Spanish land grants affecting Texas and parts of adjoining states and this use of league is used throughout the Texas Constitution. A common Texas land grant size, discussed in James A. Michener's Texas, was a "labor and a league": a labor of good riparian land and a (square) league of land away from the ...
Telling trustees that he could sense they are moving in a new direction, Tim Hanson, Four Rivers Sanitation Authority executive director, has announced his retirement effective in mid-April.
Onsite sanitation (or on-site sanitation) is defined as "a sanitation system in which excreta and wastewater are collected and stored or treated on the plot where they are generated". [22]: 173 Another term that is used for the same system is non-sewered sanitation systems (NSSS), which are prevalent in many countries. [39]
The Cucharas #5 Dam was a 135-foot (41 m) tall irrigation dam on the Cucharas River 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Walsenburg. Built in 1910, it experienced structural problems throughout its life, including a partial failure in 1987 which resulted in the emergency dynamiting of a spillway.
Cuchara is an unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. It is located near a former ski resort in the mountains south of the town of La Veta . [ 3 ] Its altitude is 8,468 feet (2,581 m). [ 4 ]
Water supply and sanitation in Latin America is characterized by insufficient access and in many cases by poor service quality, with detrimental impacts on public health. [1] Water and sanitation services are provided by a vast array of mostly local service providers under an often fragmented policy and regulatory framework.
Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been better prepared.
One of the late Jim Henson's final Muppets projects is closing forever, as Disney World has announced that the iconic MuppetVision 3D show will be replaced by the previously announced Monsters ...