Steve Bomstad was on high alert this past winter. As the water supervisor in the city of Atwater, in west central Minnesota, he had his share of anxious nights -- on winter's most bitterly cold days.

High demand for water after record low temperatures led levels at two 200-foot water towers to drop, prompting a rare boil-water advisory for the entire east bank of the city.

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At the time, the state's largest water reservoir, Lake Shasta, in northern California, was only 31 percent full. Aerial view of Lake Shasta, California's largest water reservoir, at 30 percent ...

Locals flock to gawk at a 65-foot water tower that froze this week in Sarikoy, Turkey. ... "I’ve seen quite a few tanks freeze in the winter time, but not to this extreme," he says.

Snow is the primary source of water and streamflow in western North America and provides water to 1 billion people globally. In the West, snowy mountains act like water towers, reserving water up high ...

The zoo said the new water tower design is expected to stay up through the winter until next spring. Contact Frank Witsil: 313-222-5022 or [email protected] .

"Water towers have two primary purposes, one is for pressure," said Jon Eaton, superintendent of utilities for the City of Eagan. "The second thing we do is primarily for storage and fire protection." ...

The water tower was built by Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. south of the airport and east of the traffic control tower. It had eight metal legs that supported the water tank, which held 500,000 gallons.