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the
EPA
's
lead and copper rule
restricts allowable
lead
levels in
drinking water
to 15
parts per billion
?
the
water crisis
is the ongoing worldwide shortfall of
drinking water
,
sanitation
and
ecological
support that finds 1.1 billion people without
safe water
?
while the
electrical conductivity
of
pure water
is very low, the conductivity of
drinking water
can be thousands of times greater?
Cryptosporidium hominis
, an
obligate parasite
usually spread through
fecal
-contaminated
drinking water
, is responsible for a seasonal increase in cases of
cryptosporidiosis
in the
Netherlands
in
autumn
?
Ulley reservoir
was sold to
Rotherham
council for
£
1 in 1980, when it was no longer needed to supply
drinking water
?
Big Butte Springs
, located in the
Big Butte Creek
watershed, produces 26,000,000 US gallons (98,000,000 L) of
drinking water
a day that serves 115,000 residents 30 miles (48 km) away in the
Rogue Valley
?
Searsville Dam
, built in 1892, currently provides no
drinking water
,
flood control
, nor
hydropower
, but rather it irrigates
Stanford University
's golf course?
California
's
Owens River
has been entirely diverted for
irrigation
and
drinking water
?
Facts on topics related to Drinking water
Azerbaijan
Welshman
Sir Gore Ouseley
arranged for
Azerbaijan
to become part of the
Russian Empire
in 1814?
Azerbaijanis
live in
Iran
,
Georgia
,
Turkey
,
Iraq
and the
United States
, as well as
Azerbaijan
?
Dushanbe riots in 1990
were sparked by the rumour that a couple of thousand
Armenian
refugees from
Azerbaijan
had been resettled to
Dushanbe
?
Martyrs' Lane
in
Baku
,
Azerbaijan
, is dedicated to those killed by the
Red Army
during
Black January
and later to those killed in
Nagorno-Karabakh War
?
Qabala treasures
, monetary
treasure troves
discovered in
Azerbaijan
, contain
drachmas
of
Alexander the Great
and
denarii
of four
Roman Emperors
?
after being imprisoned for allegedly leading
Islamic militants
in
Azerbaijan
,
Ahmad Salama Mabruk
began leading a new
militant
group within prison?
as
Azerbaijan
Commissar of Public Roads,
Chingiz Ildyrym
oversaw the construction of the first
electrified railway
in the
Soviet Union
?
during one of the
Caspian expeditions of the Rus
, the city of
Barda
in
Azerbaijan
was saved from complete destruction only by an outbreak of
dysentery
among the
Rus
?
during the
G-8
Summit in
Germany
on June 7-8, Russian president
Vladimir Putin
offered to deploy elements of an American anti-misssile shield in
Qabala Radiolocation Station
in
Azerbaijan
instead of
Poland
and the
Czech Republic
?
in the early 1990s,
Surət Hüseynov
successfully led a military
coup d'état
in
Azerbaijan
to become the
Prime Minister
?
Morocco
Moroccan
Elarbi Khattabi
won five medals in team competitions at the
World Cross Country Championships
, including Morocco's first such medal, the silver in 1994?
Moroccan
alligator wrestler and circus strongman
Tahar Douis
set a world record by lifting 12 men weighing a total of 1,700 pounds on his shoulders?
mellah
is a walled
Jewish
quarter of a city in
Morocco
, an analogue of the
European
ghetto
?
Mohammed bin Hadou
was a
Moroccan
ambassador to the court of
Charles II
in
England
in 1681–82?
Lawrence of Arabia
and
Gladiator
were both filmed in the
ksar
Aït Benhaddou
in
Morocco
?
Alanqa
is a newly described
pterosaur
from
Morocco
which had a wingspan of up to six metres?
US
abolitionist
Robert Purvis
had two grandparents who were
English
, a grandmother kidnapped at twelve from
Morocco
and enslaved in
Charleston
, and a grandfather who was
German Jewish
?
an
Anglo-Moroccan alliance
, developed between
Elizabeth I of England
and the
Moroccan
Sultan
Ahmad al-Mansur
, had an influence on at least two of
Shakespeare
's plays?
despite being a widely-used garden plant on both sides of the
Atlantic Ocean
,
Salvia interrupta
can only be found in nature in the
Atlas Mountains
in the
African
country of
Morocco
?
during the mid-
20th century
,
wine
from
Algeria
,
Morocco
and
Tunisia
accounted for nearly two-thirds of all internationally traded wine?
Philippines
1,200
journalists
,
human rights
advocates, and
leftist
activists
have been killed in the
Philippines
as a result of
Gloria Arroyo
's counter-
insurgency
program "
Oplan Bantay Laya
"?
40,000 people were estimated to make a living from
seaweed farming
in the
Philippines
in 1997?
1970's
Super Typhoon Joan
, the largest storm of the season in size, is the strongest typhoon ever to hit the
Philippines
?
1985's
only super typhoon,
Super Typhoon Dot
, is the sixth-most intense
tropical cyclone
in terms of wind speed to affect
Bicol Region
,
Philippines
between
1947
and
2004
?
footballer
Edward King
was honored for heroism in the
Philippines
and tactical skill in
France
and later became
Commandant of the Army Command and General Staff College
?
Austin Coates
's
Rizal: Philippine Nationalist and Martyr
is the second
biography
of
Filipino
national hero
José Rizal
authored by a non-Filipino?
General
Douglas MacArthur
's staff threatened
United States Army
Lieutenant Colonel
Charles S. Lawrence
with
court martial
if he confiscated nearly 2,000 cases of food from
Japanese
-run firms in the
Philippines
, and that the stores were destroyed during the
Battle of Bataan
in early 1942?
Lualhati Bautista
’s
Tagalog
novel,
Bata, Bata… Pa’no Ka Ginawa?
became a film starring
Vilma Santos
, an actress turned first female governor of
Batangas
of the
Philippines
?
Meralco
's
John F. Cotton Corporate Wellness Center
was the first implementation of a
corporate wellness program
in the
Philippines
?
Filipino
basketball
player
Gec Chia
's
walk-off buzzer beater
in the
2002 UAAP semifinals
brought his coach
Joel Banal
to his knees, and he later described the shot as "a miracle"?
Egypt
Armant
is a
breed
of
dog
which originated in
Egypt
?
Egypt
had an active
national cricket team
before
World War II
, but only one player was a
native Egyptian
?
Egypt
's
Fahd Armored Personnel Carrier
has specialized variants ranging from an
infantry fighting vehicle
to a
command post vehicle
to deal with different threats?
Egyptian
actor
C. K. Alexander
composed under the
pseudonyms
Mario Quimber and Basheer Qadar?
Egyptian
diplomat
Amr Bey
picked up
squash
while posted in the
United Kingdom
and went on to win six consecutive
British Open Squash Championships
in the 1930s?
Egyptian
military figure and politician
Youssef Seddik
launched the first military procedures in the
July 23 Revolution
of 1952?
Israeli
pilot and peace activist
Abie Nathan
landed his plane in
Egypt
in 1966 in an attempt to deliver a message of peace to
President Nasser
?
Irish television
celebrity
Bazil Ashmawy
was born in
Libya
and is half
Egyptian
?
British
Conservative
Member of Parliament
Cyril Banks
was friendly with
Egyptian
President
Gamal Abdel Nasser
, and left his party over the
Suez Crisis
?
Abdel Latif Boghdadi
resigned his position as vice president of
Egypt
because
Nasser
adopted a more
Soviet Union
-style system for Egypt rather than closer United States relations?
Fresh water
Lake Pichola
(pictured)
, an artificial
fresh water
lake
created in 1362, is named after the nearby Picholi village in
Udaipur
city?
the
snakeskin gourami
is one of
Thailand
's five most important
aquacultured
freshwater
species?
unlike most
plesiosaurs
,
Leptocleidus
once lived in shallow
lagoon
environments and likely visited
brackish
and
fresh water
systems such as the mouths of
rivers
?
Mineral water
Peter of Eboli
, a monk from
Eboli
, wrote the first book on the
therapeutic
properties of
spa
mineral waters
around 1220?
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