St. Mary canal siphons burst resulting in severe erosion and flooding in the surrounding area. (Photo via U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) Just a little more than 12 months ago, the huge St Mary Siphon, ...

The Teeming Millions are thinking: Why are we bothering with this? Everybody knows how a siphon works. All I can say is: Hah. My initial idea about siphons, which I worked out at age eight, was as ...

The siphon jet is the hole at the bottom of the toilet that sucks its contents away. There may be hidden buildup here, ...

ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) — Major repairs are in store for the Malheur Siphon, a steel pipe that carries irrigation water to farmers from the Malheur Reservoir. The siphon that’s about 80 years old stretches ...

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This short paper discusses adding a siphon to a gravity fed water filter and how to set it up properly. The paper discusses the siphon applications to a 4×4 ceramic water filter cartridge but the ...

NEW ORLEANS • Oil company engineers finally succeeded Sunday in keeping some of the oil gushing from a blown well out of the Gulf of Mexico, hooking up a mile-long tube to funnel the crude into a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Just a little more than 12 months ago, the huge St Mary Siphon, more than a century old, which ...