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    control over Egypt in 1954‚ his main goal was to modernize Egypt. He wanted to build the Aswan Dam as a major part of improvement. Both the United States and Great Britain agreed to loan Egypt the money for the dam‚ but then decided to pull their funding due to Egypt’s military support of the Soviet Union. This angered Nasser. Nasser then decided to take over the Suez Canal in order to pay for the Aswan Dam. At that time‚ the British were taking over the canal to keep it open and free for all countries

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    History of Caura River

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    government and Sir Bade Clifford acquired all the land in and around the village of Caura in order to build a dam to supply the entire north of Trinidad with water. The plan was to dam the Caura River and construct a three hundred acre lake in the village area. In 1946‚ all the buildings and people were cleared and workers began to lay foundations of the dam. No further work has been carried out on the dam and all that can be seen are remnants from this project. After this‚ there was an attempt to make Caura

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    Connie‚ Diane‚ and lone‚ and to this day hurricanes‚ and floods are prevalent in North Carolina‚ and Wayne County. Whenever there is a considerable amount of water there is a considerable amount of dams‚ and that can be a part of the mitigation phase in the hazard mitigation plan. There are approximately 50 dams in or affecting the Neuse River basin region with a hazard classification from low‚ intermediate‚ to

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    Water Supply Project Brief

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    ............3 TASK 2 1.1 Project Title 4 1.2 Introduction 4 1.3 Project Location Map 5 1.4 Terms of Reference 6 1.4.1 Project Details 6 1.4.2 Reporting Structure 6 1.4.3 Personnel Duties 7 1.5 Schematic Layout 7 2.1 DELIVERABLES 8 2.1.1 Dam 8 2.1.2 Water Treatment Works 9 2.1.3 Elevated Steel Tank 10 2.1.4 Water Transmission 10 2.1.5 Metering 11 3.1 Project Management Process 12 3.1.1 Initiating 12 3.1.2 Planning 12 3.1.3 Executing 13 3.1.4 Controlling 14 3.1.5 Closing 14 List

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    continued to eat. Around this time Leiningen decided to make a decision for the sake of his men and plantation. He decided to make a run for the dam and flood the plantation. He got suited up and doused himself in gasoline. We saw him walk out start running towards the dam‚ my fellow brothers started attacking him but Leiningen kept running. He finally made it to the dam and We had already covered the wheel but he still grabbed it and

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    Science Energy

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    Analysis at Work Renewable and Non-renewable energy sources &Fuels: Renewable energy comes from natural sources that are constantly and sustainably replenished. The most common renewable energy sources are biomass‚ hydroelectric‚ geothermal‚ wind power and solar power. Sunlight is the source of most renewable energy power; the sun can be used to produce solar energy which is electricity for heating‚ cooling‚ lighting homes and transportation. [1] Non-renewable energy is energy that comes from

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    Nile River Research Paper

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    THE NILE RIVER The Nile River is the longest in the world it is approximately 4160 miles long‚ It flows from high mountains in Africa.The Nile was a main means of travel. There are two branches‚ Rosetta Branch to the west‚ and Damietta to the east. Lake Victoria‚ and Lake Tana are two major sources. Without the water source ancient egyptians would have died out‚ because they relied on agriculture for wealth‚ and power. The Nile River was called Ar or Aur (means black) due to the annual flood left

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    job and lifestyle

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    Changes: Job and Lifestyle The construction of the Three Gorges Dam which has caused migration‚ changes in the lifestyle as well as choice of job of the local people of Fengjie‚ Chaina have been depicted in the movie “Still life”by Jia Zhang-Ke. The movie is mostly based on social issues. Additionally‚ it visualizes and emphasizes on how people’s life change when they become victims of floods and dam constructions; however‚ it never comes to a standstill. Although it is an experimental movie apart

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    Natural Water Lab

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    the agent. For the second method‚ water is be softened by literally exchanging resin ions‚ (Na+ or H+) with cations. (Ca2+ and Mg2+). What is your hypothesis? As a group‚ we chose to the measure the hardness of 5 different water samples. 1) Whipple dam 2) Spring creek 3) Slab Cabin Run 4) Lake at Golf Course 5) Tap Water. We expected the whipple damn to be fairly soft because this water comes from rain and rain water is naturally soft. However‚ the water at the bottom of the creek we expected to

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    Sir M. Vishveshwariah

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    his memory. He is held in high regard as a pre-eminent engineer of India. He was the chief designer of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad‚ as well as the chief engineer responsible for the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagara dam in Mysore. He is also revered a lot in the state of Karnataka. Sir MV was born in 1861 in a Telugu Brahmin family to Mokshagundam Srinivasa Shastry and Venkatalakshmamma in Muddenahalli village‚ 40 miles from Bangalore‚ India. Their family migrated

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