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According to a blog on "Sustainable Spain", Spain spends €6,330 million annually on the capture, transport and extraction of underground water, plus water distribution and sanitation. [28] However, the industry association AGA estimates investments by its members, which supply water to 75% of the population, at "more than €290 million ...
The water and sewer system of Bucharest (Bucuresti in Romanian), the capital of Romania with a population of 2.3 million, was privatized in 2000 through a 25-year concession to the French company Veolia. The impact of the concession is mixed. During the first years almost 3,000 employees were laid off and water bills increased four-fold.
Media accounts have reported "mole people" living underneath other cities as well. In the Las Vegas Valley , it is estimated a thousand homeless people find shelter in the storm drains underneath the city for protection from extreme temperatures that exceeded 120 °F (49 °C)in summer of 2024, while dropping below 30 °F (−1 °C) in winter.
Map of metropolitan regions in the European Union in 2018. A metropolitan region 's gross domestic product , or GDP , is one of several measures of the size of its economy. Similar to GDP , GMP is defined as the market value of all final goods and services produced within a metropolitan region in a given period of time.
New Riaño, the new village built after the flooding of Riaño, in the province of León, Spain. The old village is located under the bridge. The mountain on the left is Peak Gilbo. Villages and municipalities under the waters of a reservoir. Sometimes, a new village or municipality is created with the same name in another location:
In 1828 the Commissioners for Sewers ordered a series of maps of the Caldicot and Wentloog Levels from Thomas Morris, a surveyor based in Newport. [8] In 1884, the Caldicot and Wentlooge Level Act established a new body, the Monmouthshire Commissioners of Sewers, with responsibility for maintaining sea walls and roads in the Levels.
Bucharest is a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art.
Drumul Taberei on the map of Bucharest Water tower. Drumul Taberei (Romanian: [ˈdru.mul ˈta.be.rej], The Camp Road) is a neighbourhood located in the south-west of Bucharest, Romania, roughly between Timișoara Avenue (south of Plaza România and the Cotroceni Railway Station) and Ghencea Avenue, neighboring Militari to the north, Panduri to the east and Ghencea, and Rahova to the south and ...