reservoir
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A Southern California water agency is among those partnering with the federal government to prevent a large reservoir from reaching a critically low water level.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The company is particularly concerned about people swimming, paddleboarding, littering and damaging structures around the reservoir, described as a "blue lagoon".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Outside of the reservoir walks, do you exercise?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
That disk acts as the final reservoir of material before gas falls inward and fuels the black hole.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
I touched his fancy watch that he never wore and the extra laces for his sneakers that would never run around the reservoir again.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
The saved water will remain in reservoirs, helping to slow their unrelenting decline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
This year, drought has not developed as quickly because heavy rainfall recharged our aquifers, rivers and reservoirs during a very wet autumn and winter.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
They predicted the reservoirs will keep setting records every day until snows come and bring the next seasonal pulse of runoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Thursday’s fracture was on a riveted steel pipe from 1916 that is part of the system of major arteries that deliver water from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution mainlines across Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The reservoirs were full, and the River Board had had to release a lot of water into the river and keep the sluice gates open.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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