1.  Because this new pond is interconnected with the main one, adding the water was like doing a major water change.

2.  Below-normal rainfall has led to a major water shortage.

3.  A rupture in the pipeline resulted in major water damage.

4.  A major sticking point in planning is the difficulty in passing taxes to pay for any major water projects.

5.  California is the only state that now requires all its major water utilities to mail annual reports to consumers.

6.  California Republicans were guardedly supportive of the ceremonial demolition Tuesday in the Central Valley, largely because no major water users were complaining.

7.  China is in the midst of what some experts call an environmental crisis, with major water sources and air quality being degraded at alarming rates.

8.  Elected to head the Cook County Sanitary District, he reformed the existing patronage system and engineered several major water projects.

9.  Faced with wrangling over a major water projects bill, supporters of the Everglades restoration plan are looking for another route to approval by Congress.

10.  He has visited every Turkish dam on the other side of the frontier and participated in the major water resource conferences with Turkey.