Lancaster: Reservoir will stave off drought
While Charlotte and most of its neighbor communities pipe water from reservoirs, others rely on the water Duke Energy’s dams release into the free-flowing stretches of the Catawba. Among them is the...
View ArticleGomti flows above pollution level
LUCKNOW: The Gomti continues to flow polluted, with two of the indicators - biological oxygen demand (BOD) and dissolved oxygen (DO) - remaining higher than the permissible limits. This has been...
View Article2016 BUDGET STATEMENT: Performance in 2015 and Outlook for 2016 Management...
(Source: Ministry of Petroleum of the Republic of Ghana) The mandate of the Ministry is to sustain and optimize the exploration, development and utilization of oil and gas endowment for the overall...
View ArticleTryon: Region's water supply result of cooperation
The following is slightly adapted from a talk I gave Thursday in Sarasota during a Water Alliance Forum: Since I’ve covered and commented on water issues, first as a reporter and then as an editorial...
View Article2 billion people rely on a surprising source for drinking water — and...
A lack of snow is bad for skiers, but it's even worse for our future. Earlier this year, a study found that the snowpack in California's Sierra Nevada mountains was at its lowest level in 500 years,...
View ArticleSay what!
Some time ago there were news reports that, as part of the process of developing a regulatory framework for the Jamaican medical marijuana industry, the Government was planning to import 100 ganja...
View ArticleMhadei diversion will impact food chain: Expert
Panaji: The Mhadei water diversion projects of Karnataka and Maharashtra will impact delicate ecology in the global biodiversity hotspot area with five wildlife sanctuaries, two major waterfalls,...
View ArticleBarges barge into Tiracol, govt stays mum
Mapusa: Five barges barged into Tiracol river on Saturday morning sending shockwaves among Tiracol locals, who are fighting against the jetty at Aronda. Locals claim that the jetty project for handling...
View ArticleJayalalithaa inaugurates three flyovers
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday threw open flyovers at Moolakadai, Thirumangalam and Vyasarpadi in the city. She also inaugurated several bridges across rivers in other districts of the State...
View ArticleJayalalithaa inaugurates flyovers
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday threw open flyovers at Moolakadai, Thirumangalam and Vyasarpadi in the city. She also inaugurated several bridges across rivers in other districts of the State...
View ArticleRains elude Hyderabad-Karnataka region, severe crisis grips farmers
Kalaburagi: The Hyderabad-Karnataka region has seen no rain at all in the month of October and November and the farmers here are facing one of the worst crises of their life. After the failure of the...
View ArticleIsrael's Drought Lessons for California
As California continues its longterm battle with droughts, perhaps it should look to another arid land for some advice. Shop ▾ 1. Ban flood irrigation Flood irrigation wastes approximately half the...
View ArticleAre we ready for another drought?
The new century opened with a record drought that strained water supplies across North Carolina. Water managers spent the next 13 years trying to learn from those desperate days. “We learned that...
View ArticleTwin reservoirs in Chamarajanagar close to full
The inflow into the twin reservoirs of Chamarajanagar taluk - Suvarnavathi and Chikkahole - has increased and only a few feet is left to reach their maximum levels. Water inflow into the reservoirs has...
View ArticleAurangabad: It's winter, but region still needs 500 tankers
AURANGABAD: As many as 500 tankers have been pressed into service in the eight districts of Marathwada to meet the drinking water needs of the region. This indicates that the situation is alarming,...
View ArticleSuspense over Bayyaram steel plant continues
Suspense over the fate of a steel plant at Bayyaram in Khammam district, as proposed to be set up by the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, is likely to...
View ArticleBuy groceries, take home sugar free in Telangana
Hyderabad: Supermarkets are giving sugar as freebies on purchases of groceries over a certain amount. Depending on the amount of purchase, the quantity of free sugar also goes up. The reason behind...
View ArticlePapanasam dam crosses 100-foot mark
Nature has apparently answered the prayers of the farming community of this region for the second successive year as water level in Papanasam dam, which is the prime source of drinking water for three...
View ArticleOur water: An uncertain future
In the free-range summers of our childhood, my sister and I sometimes hiked down the hill from our home near Morganton, across our neighbor’s bottomland to the banks of the Catawba River. I remember...
View ArticleWill complete irrigation projects in Rayalaseema within a year, says CM
n an attempt to silence his region-specific detractors training guns on the charge of ‘unbalanced development’, Chief Minister and TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu announced that he is for the...
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