The water-gate brouhaha began on Twitter, spread across the Web and was replayed endlessly on television.

CNN: When a sip of water gets more attention than a president

People living near Portavoe Reservoir outside Donaghadee have claimed that water levels have dropped recently after a sluice gate was left open.

BBC: dead fish

In one memorable week last year, the hot water heater, the pool pump and the mechanical arm on the gate in their driveway all went on the fritz.

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Three local farmers and a mechanic assisted the Cotswold Water Park ranger team to clean up the site and repair the entrance gate within 24 hours.

BBC: Cotswold Water Park counts cost of 'worst' fly-tipping

Surfers brave walls of water on blustery Ocean Beach, runners try to keep pace with the stampeding bison in Golden Gate Park and dim sum gluttons attempt just one more round of dumplings in the Richmond or Sunset.

BBC: San Francisco's blissful Golden Gate Park