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Climate & Environment New California water measures aim to increase fines for violators, protect wetlands
Sept. 6, 2024
The city controls several weirs where water is diverted.
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
State and federal management of water infrastructure, including the pumps, dams and weirs that transport water across California, have a significant impact on fish populations.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
Monitoring stations upstream along the Sacramento River in Sutter, Colusa, Glenn and Tehama counties including the Fremont and Tisdale weirs, the Colusa Bridge and Hamilton City west of Chico are all at monitor stage, but waters remain well within their banks.
—Savanna Smith, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2024
In the 1950s, a weir was built at Cowichan Lake to provide water storage for a paper mill, storing and releasing water during the dry months.
—Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
State and federal management of water infrastructure, including the pumps, dams and weirs that transport water across California, have a significant impact on fish populations.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
Monitoring stations upstream along the Sacramento River in Sutter, Colusa, Glenn and Tehama counties including the Fremont and Tisdale weirs, the Colusa Bridge and Hamilton City west of Chico are all at monitor stage, but waters remain well within their banks.
—Savanna Smith, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2024
In the 1950s, a weir was built at Cowichan Lake to provide water storage for a paper mill, storing and releasing water during the dry months.
—Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weir
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In 2014, Kyrgyz and Tajik conscripts exchanged fire over a strategic sluice in Ak-Sai.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2016
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At night Mulrooney put the floor sweepings through a sluice, gleaning an extra $100 or so in gold dust daily.Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Tensions between Israel and Iran remain at a boiling point, more than a week after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes into Iranian territory, the latest in a chain of retaliatory attacks after Iran fired a barrage of around 200 missiles at Israel in early October.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Since 2020, election workers have faced a constant barrage of threats, harassment, and stalking at such a level that the DOJ formed a special division just to investigate those types of threats.Tess Owen, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
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Burgum, himself a billionaire, has also been a vocal critic of the policies of President Joe Biden to raise barriers around the extraction industry.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
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Seven out of 10 respondents in the study reported barriers to full access to sports.Allison Torres Burtka, Parents, 5 Nov. 2024
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Aim the cup toward the back of your vaginal canal and at a slight upward angle.Wendy Wisner, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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Chinese border personnel took over a Nepali irrigation canal fed by the Karnali River, the report said, although the Chinese retreated when the Nepali mission visited.New York Times, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Weir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weir. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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