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The Aura River Ice Jam in Turku, March 1903
Historical documents provide detailed descriptions of ice-jam flood events and climate impacts in riverine communities.
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“Citizens of a Watershed”: The Colorado River Compact and the Exigencies of Drought
The premises of water allocation legislation came under harsh scrutiny in the early 2000s as severe drought plagued the American Southwest.
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Brewing, Industrialization, and London Water Supplies
Making more beer for eighteenth-century London’s growing population increased the need for clean water. Efforts to guarantee supplies to the brewers had an effect on both urban and rural landscapes.
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A Milestone on the Road to Independence? Singapore’s Catastrophic 1954 Floods
The flooding in Singapore in 1954 was one of the most significant floods on the island in the twentieth century.
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Versailles’ Drinking Water and the Last Service of the Marly Machine, 1859–1963
The Machine upgraded by Dufrayer was able to pump the impressive amount of 20,000 m3 per day but new concern threatened its existence: the Seine waters growing pollution.
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To Dig a Well (in Siberia)
In 1947, inhabitants of Yakutsk gained access to potable groundwater from below the permafrost layer for the first time.
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Naturalizing Trout? Fish Farming in German Southwest Africa
Efforts to naturalize trout in German Southwest Africa capture German ambitions within its first and only settler colony.
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The Lake That Became a Sports Stadium
The transformation of the Sampangi Lake into the present-day Sri Kanteerava Stadium.
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John Anthony Allan’s “Virtual Water”: Natural Resources Management in the Wake of Neoliberalism
Virtual water is heralded as the solution to freshwater scarcity and overconsumption, but it oversimplifies global water flows.
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The Niagara Telecolorimeter
The creation of the Niagara Telecolorimeter helped engineers physically remake Niagara Falls in the mid-twentieth century.