raising water

Subject: raising water
From: Myke Wilder <cmwanddcl -at- INFOBAHNOS -dot- COM>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 14:08:10 +0100

Messieurs es Mesdelles

Your assistance, if you would be so kind, is urgently required. I am
writing about the construction of a canal which will be used to provide
water for a number of purposes. The source of the water will be a lake.
Will the water be "raised from the lake" or just "taken from the lake"?

It would be difficult to rewrite the sentence to read "The source of the
canal's water will be..." as I am writing from a French text (as I often
do) and must try to follow the form as closely as possible.

I am partial to "raised" in this instance. Is is correct? Is there an
alternative?

Merci d'avance pour vos reponses

Myke Wilder

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