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Tusher Dam diversion project keeps the green in Green River

Edit Deseret News 03 Jun 2016
If water is the life blood of the West, then the recently rehabilitated Green River Diversion Dam is a major artery that helps distribute that blood to the Green River community that heavily relies on it ... The canals and the hydropower all contribute to a quality of life and economic stability of the larger community of Green River, Utah ... Aside from melons, alfalfa, corn and livestock also thrive on Green River water....

Leander firemen rescue 2 people from San Gabriel River

Edit Austin American Statesman 03 Jun 2016
A woman and a teenage girl playing in the South San Gabriel River near a U.S ... One of the people who was rescued was floating on a boogie board and the other was just floating in the water when they both were swept almost a quarter of a mile down the river, Gardner said ... The river was ... River Forecast....

Mayor of London calls for artists to light up the River Thames bridges (Greater London Authority)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
Greater London Authority) Mayor of London calls for artists to light up the River Thames bridges ... Today, a global search begins for a team to come together and create The Illuminated River, an elegant and charismatic light installation for London's celebrated bridges, harnessing the most innovative, green and sustainable technologies ... Hannah Rothschild, Chair of the Illuminated River Foundation, said ... • The Illuminated River Foundation....

Surakarta gets tough on those dumping waste into river

Edit The Jakarta Post 03 Jun 2016
The Surakarta administration is getting tough on individuals and institutions found dumping waste into the river by imposing harsh punishments on the perpetrators ... The local agriculture agency has suspended eight slaughterhouses in Semanggi, Pasar Kliwon district, for disposing of waste from slaughtered goats into the Bengawan Solo River ... Rivers in Surakarta have been contaminated and dumping must stop to prevent pollution,” said Rudy....

Efforts under way to form trust to restore the polluted Vaigai

Edit The Times of India 03 Jun 2016
The Vaigai river has been synonymous with Madurai from time immemorial. Praised as 'Poyya kulakodi' (she never deviates) in Silapathikaram, the river has found mention in various Tamil literatures, including those from the Sangam era ... He said that a trust would be formed to chart out plans for restoration of the river ... Effluents from industrial units and solid waste are dumped into the river in this stretch....

Paris floods: French capital faces anxious wait as River Seine continues to rise

Edit The Independent 03 Jun 2016
Paris is waiting anxiously as a swollen river Seine rises towards the point where it might flood the city and cause widespread disruption ... Fears grow ahead of Euro 2016 with River Seine set to rise further Europe flooding....

New gateway to Karnataka through Belekeri port

Edit The Times of India 03 Jun 2016
This will be a part of the Sagarmala project, taken up to improve logistics and exports through river linkages and port developments ... "If the state government suggests more rivers and canals for upgradation and linakges, then we can add them during the monsoon session....

Seine still rising in Paris; Louvre scrambles to protect art

Edit Atlanta Journal 03 Jun 2016
The swollen Seine River kept rising Friday, spilling out across its banks and some streets in Paris as curators at the Louvre scrambled to protect a huge trove of art from the museum's priceless collection from the flooding ... Although the rain has tapered off in some areas, floodwaters are still climbing up over scores of river banks....

Sophie and Serena headline popular Riverkeeper Gala

Edit Canada Dot Com 03 Jun 2016
Somebody knew enough to cue the blue skies and warm weather for the 4th annual Ottawa Riverkeeper Gala held Wednesday on the very same river that the sold-out benefit was raising money to protect. A crowd of 475 supporters arrived by valet drivers, foot, boat and bicycle to Lemieux Island, situated on the Ottawa River ... The Ottawa River flows 1,200 kilometres before joining the St. Lawrence River....

Rs.5 crore for Pampa conservation

Edit The Hindu 03 Jun 2016
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFs) released Rs.5 crore to Kerala in March for implementing pollution-abatement schemes in the Pampa as part of the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) ... The project includes scientific waste disposal in 37 panchayat-municipal headquarters on the banks of the river in the two districts....

Latinos urge action on water conservation

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 03 Jun 2016
Colorado's large Latino population relies on our rivers for drinking water, jobs, outdoor recreation and crop irrigation ... But for Latinos, the river and the land it nurtures is also a very personal matter. For centuries, the river provides our culture with a collective sense of "querencia," a place in which we know exactly who we are, the place from which we speak our deepest beliefs....

3 dead, 6 missing after Army truck swept away in Texas flood

Edit Atlanta Journal 03 Jun 2016
Residents of some rural southeastern Texas counties were bracing for more flooding along the Brazos River, which reached a record high Tuesday as more rain was expected in the coming days ... About half of Texas is under flood watches or warnings, including Fort Bend County, southwest of Houston, where about 1,400 homes have been affected by the swollen Brazos River....

Floodplains an asset to Amaravati: experts

Edit The Hindu 03 Jun 2016
With the rapid depletion of river and ground water levels, floodplains are being seen as a sustainable source of drinking water ... The heavy fines imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the Art of Living Foundation for polluting the floodplains of the Yamuna River have also brought them in sharp public focus ... Over 30 million years, rivers deposited alluvium mostly sand as they keep changing their course to form floodplains....
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