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  2. Surface water - Wikipedia

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    Human-made surface water is water that can be continued by infrastructures that humans have assembled. This would be dammed artificial lakes, canals and artificial ponds (e.g. garden ponds) or swamps. [3] The surface water held by dams can be used for renewable energy in the form of hydropower. Hydropower is the forcing of surface water sourced ...

  3. Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Kardzali Reservoir in Bulgaria is a reservoir in the Rhodope Mountains. Some reservoirs such as this in Argos, Peloponnese are made for recreational purposes, rather than storing fresh water. A reservoir ( / ˈ r ɛ z ər v w ɑːr / ; from French réservoir [ʁezɛʁvwaʁ] ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam , usually built to store fresh water ...

  4. Natural reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Cows are natural reservoirs of African trypanosomiasis. In infectious disease ecology and epidemiology, a natural reservoir, also known as a disease reservoir or a reservoir of infection, is the population of organisms or the specific environment in which an infectious pathogen naturally lives and reproduces, or upon which the pathogen primarily depends for its survival.

  5. Dam - Wikipedia

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    A saddle dam is an auxiliary dam constructed to confine the reservoir created by a primary dam either to permit a higher water elevation and storage or to limit the extent of a reservoir for increased efficiency. An auxiliary dam is constructed in a low spot or "saddle" through which the reservoir would otherwise escape.

  6. Rhyl - Wikipedia

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    The lake is a 12-hectare human-made reservoir and it was officially opened in 1895. Rhyl Miniature Railway is the only original attraction remaining on the site, a narrow gauge railway that travels around the lake and is now based at the new museum and railway centre.

  7. Trichomoniasis - Wikipedia

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    The human genital tract is the only reservoir for this species. Trichomonas is transmitted through sexual or genital contact. [14] The single-celled protozoan produces mechanical stress on host cells and then ingests cell fragments after cell death. [15]

  8. Botulism - Wikipedia

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    Honey is a known dietary reservoir of C. botulinum spores and has been linked to infant botulism. For this reason, honey is not recommended for infants less than one year of age. [5] Most cases of infant botulism, however, are thought to be caused by acquiring the spores from the natural environment.

  9. Water tank - Wikipedia

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    A Hydro-pneumatic tank is typically a horizontal pressurized storage tank. Pressurizing this reservoir of water creates a surge free delivery of stored water into the distribution system. Glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) tanks/vessels are used to store liquids underground. [citation needed]