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... plants too closely to- gether will raise the temperature of the river critically . The Indian Point plant , using 300,000 gallons of water a minute to cool its reactors , returns it to the river at least 15 degrees warmer . Multiply this ...
... plants too closely to- gether will raise the temperature of the river critically . The Indian Point plant , using 300,000 gallons of water a minute to cool its reactors , returns it to the river at least 15 degrees warmer . Multiply this ...
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... plant in Walnut Creek , California , will produce tubes made of cellulose acetate , and American Standard has a plant at Hightstown , New Jersey , for the manufacture of tubes made of glass fiber and plastic . Dow research is aided by a ...
... plant in Walnut Creek , California , will produce tubes made of cellulose acetate , and American Standard has a plant at Hightstown , New Jersey , for the manufacture of tubes made of glass fiber and plastic . Dow research is aided by a ...
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... plant tissues to the basic chemicals of the soil . This mat is continuously cultivated , plowed , turned , aerated and digested by its inhabitants . An indispensable workman is the earthworm , which aerates the ground with its endless ...
... plant tissues to the basic chemicals of the soil . This mat is continuously cultivated , plowed , turned , aerated and digested by its inhabitants . An indispensable workman is the earthworm , which aerates the ground with its endless ...
Contents
An Introduction | 9 |
Rivers Dams and Floods | 27 |
Water Pollution and the Great Water Shortage | 49 |
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