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Assam govt soon to set up expert committee to control Brahmaputra

Edit The Times of India 18 Jun 2016
The members of the committee will visit China to study how the neighbouring country has tamed 'China's Sorrow' (Huwang He river). The previous Congress government had taken a similar decision to study the flood management of the river in China in 2013 ... The study will encompass basin characteristics, river engineering, hydrology, channel morphology, floodplain evolution within its ambit and submit its report....

Bhima river clean-up may involve sale of treated sewage water to industries, reclamation of land

Edit DNA India 18 Jun 2016
After planning to rejuvenate Bhima river under the 'Namami Chandrabhaga' project, the state government is looking at funding this ambitious plan through public private partnership (PPP) models, wherein sewage water is treated and supplied to industries instead of being discharged into the river ... It will prevent sewage water from flowing into the river....

Cedar Creek Hatchery will close for construction (ODFW - Oregon Department of Fish And Wildlife)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Jun 2016
Cedar Creek Hatchery produces spring Chinook salmon for the Nestucca River, Little Nestucca River and Three Rivers. When construction is completed in the fall, the new raceways will also be used to accommodate Trask River spring Chinook....

Bridge on Bansadhara cheers Rayagada villages

Edit The Times of India 18 Jun 2016
Almost nine years after it was washed away in the floodwaters, the 720-metre-long bridge over river Bansadhara at Gumuda in Rayagada district was reopened to traffic ... Absence of bridge over the river had forced the villagers to cross the river in country boats risking their lives ... when the water level in the river rose in the monsoon....

Suresh Gopi plans 'Save Pamba' drive

Edit The Times of India 18 Jun 2016
Southern stars Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi and Suresh Gopi may come together on the small screen to save the holy river Pamba from pollution, if the Malayalam actor's plan for a awareness campaign video works out. Kerala's third largest river that flows through the foothills of Sabarimala is facing a severe threat from pilgrims who wash and throw clothes in the waters believing it would rid them of their sins....

A 'dead zone' the size of Connecticut is taking over the Gulf of Mexico

Edit Business Insider 18 Jun 2016
The fertilizer used to create the United States' enormous corn crop supply drains into the Mississippi river just before blooming, then decaying, in the Gulf. "About 12 million people live in urban areas that border the Mississippi, and these areas constantly discharge treated sewage into rivers," NOAA wrote in a video explaining the dead zone....

The Latest: Home states of rafting victims updated

Edit Seattle Post-Intelligence 18 Jun 2016
The borough's Department of Search and Rescue received a report Wednesday of two people missing after a boat capsized on the Kongakut River, about 75 miles south of Kaktovik (KAHK'-toh-vick). The borough's Department of Search and Rescue received a report Wednesday of two people missing after a boat capsized on the Kongakut River, about 75 miles south of Kaktovik (KAHK'-toh-vick) ... ....

Arrested engineer ends life

Edit The Times of India 18 Jun 2016
While returning from the hospital around 8.30pm Singh got off the motorcycle and jumped into the river....

Donald Trump Met With Protesters At River Oaks Fundraiser

Edit Houston Press 18 Jun 2016
About 150 protesters lined up across the street from attorney Tony Buzbee's River Oaks mansion Friday evening, sweating in the sweltering heat ... Trump Protesters Take a Swing in River Oaks ... Trump's fundraiser in River Oaks is the second-to-last event scheduled for his Texas trip ... He won't be missed by the protesters in River Oaks. ....

Reclamation to Open the Delta Cross Channel Gates (Bureau of Reclamation)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Jun 2016
(Source. Bureau of Reclamation). Reclamation to Open the Delta Cross Channel Gates. Media Contact ... For Release ... When the gates are open, fresh water is drawn from the Sacramento River into the interior of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta through Snodgrass Slough and the Mokelumne River ... When closed, the gates prevent juvenile salmon from being diverted from their migratory route along the Sacramento River into the interior Delta ... # # #....

PCMC allots Rs 90 lakh to clean Pavana

Edit The Times of India 18 Jun 2016
Sanjay Kulkarni, executive engineer (environment department) of PCMC said the river has become home to mosquitoes ever since temporary water diversion structures were erected while constructing bridges on it....

Weather warning: Floods (Harrow London Borough Council)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Jun 2016
(Source. Harrow London Borough Council) ... This may result in localised flooding. Flood alerts have been issued for the following rivers. Wealdstone Brook Edgware Brook Yeading Brook Kenton Brook River Pinn Woodridings Brook ... (noodl....

Fight Against Illegal Amazon Gold Mining Intensifies

Edit Voa News 18 Jun 2016
The land has legally belonged to the Yanomami since 1992, but miners continue to exploit the area, sawing down trees and poisoning rivers with mercury in their lust for gold ... The results shocked experts, who believe mercury is entering the food chain through fish in polluted rivers ... an hour-and-a-half to the banks of the majestic Uraricoera river....
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