Water Resources

Egypt raises 'extreme concern' about Nile dam with Ethiopia

Cairo - Egypt's president says he expressed his "extreme concern" over the lack of progress in talks over the construction of a massive Nile dam in Ethiopia during a meeting with that country's vi

Publication Date: 
19/01/2018
News 24 (South Africa)
Tags:
Water Resources, International Disputes, Nile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Benefit Sharing, Hydroelectricity, Dams, Africa
Water Resources

Egypt leader plans to prevent any Nile water crisis from happening

CAIRO Egypt (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Monday that he would not allow the state to be hit by a water shortage crisis, official Ahram Online reported.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2018
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Water Resources, Nile, Egypt, Wastewater Treatment, Desalination, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Africa
Mining

Illegal mining activities re-surface around Bui dam

Nana Kwadwo Wuo II, the Chief of Bui in the Banda District of the Brong-Ahafo Region on Wednesday said illegal mining has re-surfaced in the area.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2018
Ghana Business News
Tags:
Mining, Illegal Trade, Ghana, Dams, Environment, Africa
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding de-commissioning of Mullaperiyar Dam, 11/01/2018

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Russel Joy Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/01/2018 regarding de-commissioning of Mullaperiyar Dam. The petition has stated that the Chief Engineer of the dam project, Mr. John Pennycuick envisaged the lifetime of the dam for a period of 50 years.

Judgement Date: 
11/01/2018
Tags:
Dams, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Supreme Court, Dam Safety, India
Dams/ Irrigation

Egypt wants 'Sudan out' of contentious dam talks

Egypt has proposed excluding Sudan from contentious negotiations over the future of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the largest hydroelectric dam project in Africa, according to an Ethi

Publication Date: 
03/01/2018
Al Jazeera
Tags:
Dams/ Irrigation, Dams, Sudan, Egypt, Conflicts, Water Resources, Africa, Hydroelectricity
Water Resources

Resolving the Mahanadi water conflict

To chalk out the future course of action in view of the disputes regarding the use of Mahanadi river water, a well-rounded strategy that includes both the people and policymakers is needed. The strategy must allow for dialogue by rebuilding trust and should look at arbitration and negotiation as methods of conflict resolution.

Publication Date: 
23/12/2017
Keshab Chandra Ratha, Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra
Economic and Political Weekly
52
51
84-88
Tags:
Mahanadi, Water Disputes, Orissa (Odisha), Chhattisgarh, Hirakund, Dams, Water Demand, Water Distribution, Reservoirs, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Benefit Sharing
Environment

MoEF defers clearance for Indo-Nepal project

After a Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change sub-committee raised issues regarding the project affected people and environmental impact assessment report of the Pancheshwar dam, an ex

Publication Date: 
21/12/2017
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), India, Nepal, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Central Expert Appraisal Committee (CEAC), Public Hearing, Ecology, Environmental Security, Environment
Energy

In a first, solar power projects planned on dams

The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MahaGenco) is planning to develop solar power projects on dams in its first such attempt in the state.

Publication Date: 
13/12/2017
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Solar Energy, Dams, Renewable Energy, Power Industry, Energy
Natural Disasters

Landslide displacement prediction using the GA-LSSVM model and time series analysis: a case study of Three Gorges Reservoir, China

Landslide displacement prediction is one of the focuses of landslide research. In this paper, time series analysis was used to decompose the cumulative displacement of landslide into a trend component and a periodic component. Then LSSVM model and GA were used to predict landslide displacement. The results show that the GA-LSSVM model can be effectively used to predict landslide displacement and reflect the corresponding relationships between the major influencing factors and the displacement.

Publication Date: 
07/12/2017
Tao Wen, Huiming Tang, Yankun Wang & et al
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
17
2181–2198
Tags:
Dams, Landslides, China, Reservoirs, Geology, Disaster Preparedness
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding forest clearance to the Thoubal Multipurpose Project, Manipur, 06/12/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Themrei Tuithung & Others Vs Union of India dated 06/12/2017 for review of judgement passed by NGT in 26/02/2016 which had cleared the forest clearance granted to the Thoubal Multipurpose Project proposed at the trijunction of of Ukhrul, Senapati and Thoboul Districts of Manipur

Judgement Date: 
06/12/2017
Tags:
Dams, Forest Clearance, Manipur, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Forest Act 1980, Rivers

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