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Not surprisingly, a representative from the oil and gas industry took criticisms a step further, arguing to the Herald that the movie is costing Colorado taxpayers dollars by increasing the number of requests for water-well monitoring by area residents, thus distracting regulators from more important tasks.
Colorado Gas Regulators Question 'Gasland' Documentary Ethan Axelrod 2011
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Not surprisingly, a representative from the oil and gas industry took criticisms a step further, arguing to the Herald that the movie is costing Colorado taxpayers dollars by increasing the number of requests for water-well monitoring by area residents, thus distracting regulators from more important tasks.
Colorado Gas Regulators Question 'Gasland' Documentary Ethan Axelrod 2011
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The firm, which distributes geothermal and water-well products and deals mostly with contractors, faced particular challenges when the housing slump hit.
How Firms Cope With Slow Payers Emily Maltby 2011
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I fondly look at our last photograph together showing us embraced, both leaning against a dusty stone water-well in the courtyard of the Alamo, in Houston, Texas.
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In Corsicana a new, more efficient method, rotary drilling, was borrowed from water-well contractors and applied to the search for oil.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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Some of the people who are making money from the oil business are using it to buy camels and sheep -- as well as pickup trucks, water-well drilling tools and satellite phones for their shepherds.
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In Corsicana a new, more efficient method, rotary drilling, was borrowed from water-well contractors and applied to the search for oil.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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In a news conference at former President Bill Clinton's annual philanthropic gathering, Mr. Damon recounted at length his recent trips to Africa and said a water-well near a village was the only thing that made it possible for a 14-year-old Zambian girl he met to fulfill her dream of becoming a nurse in Lusaka, the country's capital and largest city.
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‘You can draw water out of a water-well,’ said the
Alice in Wonderland 2003
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"You can draw water out of a water-well," said the Hatter; "so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well -- eh stupid?"
The Ontario Readers Third Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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