Aqueducts were costly public works, and not all Roman cities necessarily required them. Some cities, such as Pompeii, had their water needs met by wells or public and private cisterns dug beneath ...

Researchers in Spain looking to develop a fresh approach to finding long-lost aqueducts have turned to U.S. Cold War-era satellite imagery. By mining the black-and-white images from the HEXAGON ...

Roman aqueducts, built to carry water to cities, are probably the most famous ancient systems. There are over 200,000 miles of oil pipeline in the U.S. alone, along with natural gas pipelines ...

Aqueducts are one of the wonders of the Roman Empire. These graceful structures are not only majestic, but are engineering marvels that survive to this day. In "Construct an Aqueduct," you are ...

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An curved arrow pointing right. Peru's water wells near the city of Nazca are over 1,500 years old. Amazingly, most of these "Puquios" still work. Story and editing by Jeremy Dreyfuss Follow ...

Trump's pledge to pump more water in California came after a reduction in pumping at a federal facility due to maintenance. Federal data show pumping has since resumed at normal levels.

200,000,000: Gallons of water delivered daily by aqueducts Rome’s 11 aqueducts supplied water to the entire city, powering fountains, baths, and even the Cloaca Maxima, the world’s first ...

President Trump ordered the move just days after signing an executive order directing federal agencies to essentially assert control over federal dams and aqueducts in California, claiming ...