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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have commissioned studies into the environmental and economic impact of a US$4 billion dam on the Nile. The 6,000-megawatt Grand ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Dams around the world provide critical water supplies and hydropower to growing communities but their construction also poses a significant environmental ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Analysis of four B.C. mines questions tailings dam safety A coalition of environmental groups released a new report last week claiming that four British ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
U.S. Army study: Iraq's Mosul dam at 'higher risk' of failure Iraq's Mosul Dam has long been branded the world's most dangerous dam, at risk of collapsing ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Water levels at Kariba dam, the world’s largest, are at “extremely dangerous” lows that could force a shutdown of its hydro power plants, said Zambian Energy ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Two international leaders in water treatment have put forward plans to use the vast reserves of saline water in Wellington Dam to irrigate thousands of ...
Business Saline Water Dams Flood damage Infrastructure
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Iranian hackers infiltrated U.S. power grid, dam computers, reports say The reports by the Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press both raise concerns ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Brazilian mining company Samarco said Thursday it had been ordered by Minas Gerais state to pay a 112 million reais ($30 million) fine for environmental ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
A region of southeastern Brazil is struggling to cope with a devastating flood, after two dams broke outside an iron ore mine and sent mineral waste and thick ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Ethiopia's $5bn project that could turn it into Africa's water powerhouse With some 8,500 laborers working around the clock on its construction, the ...
Government Hydropower Infrastructure Dams
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
How a dam’s destruction is changing environmental landscape Like a giant cookie disappearing bite by bite, a massive and once-mighty concrete dam is quickly ...
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