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Today, the reservoir anchors a sprawling waterworks that serves 2.7 million residents and businesses in more than a dozen Bay Area communities.
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The Sacramento-San Joaquin delta tunnel project is supposed to revitalize the heart of California's waterworks, ensuring that Southern California's spigots don't run dry.
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The waterworks recommended rehabilitating four of the circular brick tank structures.
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But in Jefferson Parish, no widespread failure had afflicted the waterworks since Hurricane Katrina - until January.
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Today, the lake anchors a sprawling waterworks that serves 2.7 million residents and businesses in more than a dozen Bay Area communities.
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Donathan, of course, has an Aunt Patty; cue the waterworks.
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Such sudden swings between severe drought and intense storms will increase the threat to aging dams and flood-control networks, accentuate the wildfire threat and make management of the state's complex waterworks even more daunting.
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The laws were later expanded to include stormwater and waterworks projects.
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First Known Use of waterworks
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WATERWORKS Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of waterworks for English Language Learners
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: a system for supplying water to a city or town that includes pipes, pumps, etc.
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: the parts of the body that produce urine : the urinary system
WATERWORKS Defined for Kids
Definition of waterworks for Students
: a system of dams, reservoirs, pumps, and pipes for supplying water (as to a city)
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