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To quickly and temporarily get rid of standing water, use a wet/dry vac, siphon away the puddle, or sweep it away with a broom.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
After his work with wildlife, and after fighting to keep water from being siphoned from the rivers in the Wyoming water wars of the 1980s, Richard was tired.