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  2. Lowermoor Water Treatment Works - Wikipedia

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    Lowermoor Water Treatment Works, on the right. The Lowermoor Water Treatment Works supplies drinking water to the north Cornwall water distribution network. Raw water is obtained from the Crowdy Reservoir, which is 3/4 mile to the north east, and which is filled predominantly by run-off and drainage from surrounding moorland. The works were ...

  3. Camelford water pollution incident - Wikipedia

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    As the acidic liquid travelled from the plant into people's homes, it corroded the copper pipes and their soldered joints, made of zinc and lead." [1] Official advice to boil the water before drinking was, according to Cross, "dangerous advice because it concentrates the contaminants. They kept flushing the pipes out for months after the incident.

  4. Scampi - Wikipedia

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    Food labelling laws in the UK require products labelled "scampi" to contain langoustine (or, as "Pacific scampi", Andaman lobster Metanephrops adamanicus or New Zealand lobster Metanephrops challengeri), [2] [3] as monkfish tail was formerly sometimes dishonestly used and sold as scampi in the United Kingdom.

  5. Anthurium schlechtendalii - Wikipedia

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    For most treatments, three leaves of the plant are plucked, boiled in 2 gallons of water for 10 minutes, and used in a warm bath. Local healers say that the cola de faisan can be used on swollen tonsils; for this the treatment the leaves are mashed with oil, heated, and placed on the neck two times a day. For cramps, muscle spasms or paralysis ...

  6. Wastewater treatment - Wikipedia

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    Sewage treatment plant (a type of wastewater treatment plant) in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Wastewater treatment is a process which removes and eliminates contaminants from wastewater. It thus converts it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle. Once back in the water cycle, the effluent creates an acceptable impact on the environment.

  7. Fish processing - Wikipedia

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    The water temperature is then lowered and the fish are starved to reduce their metabolic rate. This decreases fouling of water with metabolic products (ammonia, nitrite and carbon dioxide) that become toxic and make it difficult for the fish to extract oxygen. [3] Fish can be kept alive in floating cages, wells and fish ponds.

  8. Cornish cuisine - Wikipedia

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    A major theme is the use of game foods as well as fish. A number of high-profile Cornish restaurants and hotels use game as part of their menu. This is highlighted at the Cornwall Food and Drink Festival by the Magnificent Seven Dinner, put on by seven of the best chefs in Cornwall. [3]

  9. Rick Stein's Cornwall - Wikipedia

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    Rick Stein's Cornwall is a UK food lifestyle series which was broadcast on BBC Two in January 2021. In each half-hour episode, chef Rick Stein journeys through his home county of Cornwall , meeting suppliers, taking in the history, music, art and culture as well as trying local dishes. [ 1 ]