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| UpdatedCalifornians who were ordered to evacuate due to a threat from the tallest dam in the US can now safely return to their homes and businesses may reopen, authorities say, though warning remains.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, emergency-incidents, united-states
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| UpdatedTens of thousands of California residents remain in shelters as engineers work to shore up the tallest dam in the US before new storms sweep the region.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, floods, emergency-incidents, united-states
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Residents downstream of the Oroville dam in Northern California have been forced to evacuate after water began pouring over the emergency spillway for the first time in the dam's history.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, water-management, water-supply, disasters-and-accidents, united-states
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The emergency spillway at the Oroville dam in California is spilling for the first time ever, prompting the local sheriff to order an evacuation.
Topics: emergency-incidents, dams-and-reservoirs, united-states
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| UpdatedFears of a collapse at the tallest dam in the United States ease slightly, after Californian authorities ordered the evacuation of nearly 200,000 residents.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, dams-and-reservoirs, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government's $2 billion National Water Infrastructure Loan Facility is open for business.
Topics: rural, irrigation, water-management, dams-and-reservoirs, kununurra-6743, townsville-4810, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe Shire of Halls Creek wants a feasibility study done on piping water from Lake Argyle to Flora Valley for cropping.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, dams-and-reservoirs, water-management, pipelines, land-clearing, halls-creek-6770
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| UpdatedLake Argyle is overflowing, rivers are in flood, and there's a potential cyclone looming off the WA coast.
Topics: rural, water-supply, cyclone, dams-and-reservoirs, kununurra-6743, karratha-6714
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| UpdatedHeavy rains in the Kimberley has Lake Argyle set to overflow for the first time in three years.
Topics: rural, water-supply, dams-and-reservoirs, agricultural-crops, kununurra-6743
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Holidaymakers heading to lakes and dams in northern New South Wales during the Australia Day long weekend can expect to be checked for their water safety compliance.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, police, maritime, tamworth-2340, gunnedah-2380, inverell-2360
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Topics: water-pollution, water, water-management, water-supply, dams-and-reservoirs, rail, rail-transport, julia-creek-4823
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Farmer Richard Luxton, former politician Barry Coulter and John Pudney from Power and Water discuss a new dam to meet Darwin's future water needs.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, dams-and-reservoirs, water, water-supply, irrigation, community-development, agricultural-crops, environmental-impact, darwin-0800
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A committee formed in Hughenden is renewing the community's push to kickstart irrigation in the Flinders River catchment area.
Topics: irrigation, dams-and-reservoirs, rural, community-and-society, political-parties, hughenden-4821
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Topics: urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, dams-and-reservoirs, water, water-supply, irrigation, community-development, agricultural-crops, environmental-impact, darwin-0800, katherine-0850
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Topics: urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, dams-and-reservoirs, water, water-supply, irrigation, community-development, agricultural-crops, environmental-impact, darwin-0800
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Topics: urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, dams-and-reservoirs, water, water-supply, irrigation, community-development, environmental-impact, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAgriculture may provide the key for federal funding for a new dam to meet Darwin's future water needs.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, dams-and-reservoirs, water, water-supply, irrigation, community-development, agricultural-crops, environmental-impact, darwin-0800, katherine-0850
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Record rainfall is welcome in most parts of Victoria, but in the west where floodwaters have impacted a number of towns, farmers have more of a reason to celebrate.
Topics: storm-disaster, floods, dams-and-reservoirs, weather, dergholm-3312
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| UpdatedAfter a dramatic increase in just a few months, three of the biggest inland dams in New South Wales are now at 100 per cent capacity... and more.
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