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Investigation: Samarco Dam Failed Due to Poor Drainage and Design

Edit Voa News 30 Aug 2016
The deadly collapse of a tailings dam last November at the Samarco mine, owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton, was caused by drainage and design flaws, a report into Brazil's worst-ever environmental disaster showed Monday ... A separate police investigation has accused Samarco of willful misconduct, saying the company ignored clear signs the dam was at risk of collapsing....

Saurashtra set to get Narmada waters through Rs12,000 crore link pipelines

Edit DNA India 30 Aug 2016
As part of the project’s Link-I, Narmada water from Machhu-II dam in Morbi district, will be piped 180kms away to Sani Dam in Devbhumi Dwarka district. But, currently, only 57kms of the Link-I is operational between Machu-II dam and Und Dam, Rajkot district ... This water was then transported through trunk pipelines towards Aji-3 dam, 37 kms away and onwards to Und Dam, 21 kms away....

Wyangala releases increase as rain band approaches (WaterNSW)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Aug 2016
WaterNSW has tripled releases from Wyangala Dam near Cowra, to create capacity in the dam storage in preparation for a significant rain event across the region this week ... On Monday releases from the dam were increased to 10,000Ml/day to increase the available airspace ahead of a predicted large rainfall event ... Under the operating rules for Wyangala Dam, airspace releases....

Salmon are Olympia bound

Edit The Spokesman-Review 30 Aug 2016
The chinook and coho are migrating out of the Pacific, down the Puget Sound and into Budd Inlet, where they have to hang out at the dam that turned the swampy estuary below the Capitol Campus into the more scenic if somewhat algae-challenged Capitol Lake....

Live: PM Modi to address first rally in Gujarat since taking office; inaugurate SAUNI project today

Edit DNA India 30 Aug 2016
Under the project, nearly 10 dams and reservoirs of Rajkot, Jamnagar and Morbi, would be filled up with the water of Narmada River....

The Planner: 14 upcoming galas

Edit Austin American Statesman 30 Aug 2016
Hilton Austin The chef for Hilton Austin’s upcoming Cannon & Belle, Peter Maffei is one of the participating chefs in Water to Thrive’s Chef’s Table ... Chef’s Table Austin ... The Contemporary Austin ... chefstableaustin.orgBallet Austin always has fun and elaborate decorations for its popular Fete, which returns in September with an Alice in Wonderland theme ... Ballet Austin’s FETE 2016 ... Radisson Hotel Austin, 111 E ... The Austin Club, 110 E....

Court: Texas law regulating road signs violates free speech

Edit Austin American Statesman 30 Aug 2016
The Austin American-Statesman reports (http.//atxne.ws/2cmOfna ) the 3rd Court of Appeals ruled the 1972 Texas Highway Beautification Act improperly regulates billboards and signs based on what they say....

Development Services Department Launches New Online Search Tool for Building Permits and Code Violatons (City of Austin, TX)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Aug 2016
City of Austin, TX). The Development Services Department has launched the Austin Code & Permit Tracker, a new online search tool that provides information on code violations and issued building permits. The new tool is the result of a partnership with Austin Code Department and Civic Insight, a company that tracks development data for municipalities and presents the data in simple language and visualizations for the public....

Austin joins five in rehab (Port Adelaide Football club)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Aug 2016
TWO POWER PLAYERS - Logan Austin and Cam O'Shea - have undergone post-season surgery, joining four others currently in rehabilitation following in-season operations. Scans revealed an ankle fracture for Austin suffered in the Power's final game against Gold Coast ... Austin - ankle - 6 weeks to return to running....

Randy Shumway: Turning around the struggling trend of U.S. entrepreneurship

Edit Deseret News 30 Aug 2016
For instance, Austin, Texas, is developing a reputation as a thriving hub for small businesses ... Additionally, a variety of investment resources are available in Austin that help incubate startup companies. In 2014, Austin’s tech companies alone received more than $1 billion in investment, and that figure is expected to continue to grow....

National Instruments founding CEO to retire, replacement named

Edit Business Journal 30 Aug 2016
National Instruments Corp. founding CEO James Truchard, after four decades building the company, will retire and be replaced by Chief Operating Officer Alex Davern in January, according to a Monday announcement. The Austin company said Truchard, who is 73, will remain as National Instruments’ board chairman. He co-founded the company in 1976 along with two colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin ... National… ... ....

UPDATE 2-Samarco dam failed due to poor drainage and design -investigation

Edit Reuters 30 Aug 2016
BELO HORIZONTE/RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The deadly collapse of a tailings dam last November at the Samarco mine, owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton, was caused by drainage and design flaws,... ....

PM Modi To Launch Saurashtra Narmada Irrigation Project Today

Edit NDTV 30 Aug 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first phase of SAUNI (Saurashtra Narmada Avataran for Irrigation) project in which nearly 10 dams and reservoirs of Rajkot, Jamnagar and Morbi would be... ....
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