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  2. History of water supply and sanitation - Wikipedia

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    The Ancient Greeks of Athens and Asia Minor also used an indoor plumbing system, used for pressurized showers. [29] The Greek inventor Heron used pressurized piping for fire fighting purposes in the City of Alexandria. [30] An inverted siphon system, along with glass covered clay pipes, was used for the first time in the palaces of Crete, Greece.

  3. Sacred waters - Wikipedia

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    The Navajo and Hopi people have long embraced the water underneath and around the Black Mesa area as sacred to their people. The people have long lived around and became dependent on springs and wells of the Black Mesa. These waters are the only source of drinking water, water for livestock, and water for agriculture for the Navajo and Hopi people.

  4. Fossil water - Wikipedia

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    Fossil water, fossil groundwater, or paleowater is an ancient body of water that has been contained in some undisturbed space, typically groundwater in an aquifer, for millennia. Other types of fossil water can include subglacial lakes , such as Antarctica 's Lake Vostok .

  5. Ancient Mayan compartments — used to hold water — discovered ...

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    The researchers believe instead of water, this chultún may have been used to store food and plants. Inside the chultún, a large cavern was built from layers of crushed coral and clay and ash ...

  6. Archaeology of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The archaeology of the Americas is the study of the archaeology of the Western Hemisphere, including North America (Mesoamerica), Central America, South America and the Caribbean. This includes the study of pre-historic/ Pre-Columbian and historic indigenous American peoples , as well as historical archaeology of more recent eras, including the ...

  7. History of salt - Wikipedia

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    Hippocrates encouraged his fellow healers to use salt water to heal various ailments by immersing their patients in sea water. The ancient Greeks continued this, and in 1753, English author and physician Richard Russell published The Uses of Sea Water in which he declared that salt was a "common defence against the corruption of…bodies" and ...

  8. Something Valuable in the Water for Investors - AOL

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    However, after more than 100 years of implementing traditional water systems, utility companies are being forced to find new and innovative Something Valuable in the Water for Investors Skip to ...

  9. 6 Alarming Facts About America’s Water Industry - AOL

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    America is one thirsty country. The U.S. consumes 322 billion gallons of water every single day, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The most, 133 billion gallons, goes to thermoelectric ...