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Sudan: UN Rights Expert Urges Suspension to Dam Projects in North  -  28 Aug 2007
AllAfrica.com,A United Nations human rights expert has called for a halt to work on two hydroelectric dams in northern Sudan after receiving reports that local

Peace Dam Still Waits for the Flood That Never Came  -  28 Aug 2007
New York Times,South Korea, fearing a water attack from the North, began work on the Peace Dam in the 1980s but did not finish it until 2005. As South Koreans wondered

Board's demands block dam removal  -  28 Aug 2007
Wisconsin Dells Events,By Trevor Kupfer, Dells Events The current state of Big Spring Dam in the town of New Haven is at a stand still following letters of correspondence from the

Tualatin Steelheaders help with dam  -  28 Aug 2007
Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com,18 to remove a dam on Blue Bus Creek. Blue Bus Creek is a tributary of the East Fork Trask River. Volunteers and ODFW employees dismantled the dam by

Dam's end washes away a bit of history  -  28 Aug 2007
The Register-Guard,By Karen McCowan BROWNSVILLE - Dozens of onlookers were expecting a dramatic, waterfall-style spill during a history-making breach of a historic dam Monday.

EPA resolves illegal dam issue  -  28 Aug 2007
Tahlequah Daily Press,Two Adair County men paid fines to the agency for their part in constructing a dam over Barren Fork Creek. By TEDDYE SNELL After two years of investigation,

JBIC to finance dam construction in S Sulawesi  -  28 Aug 2007
Antara,The local authorities were expected to start constructing the dam next year, Head of the South Sulawesi Water Resources Management Office HM.

‘What JAK’s said at Bui Dam sod-cutting  -  28 Aug 2007
Joy Online,..."It would interest you to know that although building the Akosombo Dam had been the dream of President Nkrumah since 1951, it was not until 1961 that

Council addresses dam’s effect on flood control  -  28 Aug 2007
Fort Dodge Messenger,Outside its immediate area, the effect of the Hydroelectric Dam in Fort Dodge on flood control is minimal. That’s according to city officials who addressed

Filmmaker recording stories of life in the valley before Norris ...  -  28 Aug 2007
Oak Ridger,They’re collecting history captured in song — like “Working on the TVA� and “She Sleeps Beneath the Norris Dam,� sung by the museum’s Tony Thomas who wrote

Qld Govt says 'no plans' for Burdekin dam  -  28 Aug 2007
ABC Regional Online,Queensland's Water Minister says the Government has no plans at this stage to build a dam in the Burdekin region of north Queensland.

Water level in other dams back to normal  -  28 Aug 2007
ABS CBN News,By JUN ELIAS SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Water levels at the San Roque Dam in San Manuel, Pangasinan and in Binga and Ambuklao dams in Benguet province

BERTA QUINTREMÃ?N URGES CHILE DAM OPPONENTS: “DON’T LET YOUR GUARD ...  -  28 Aug 2007
Santiago Times (subscription),The company behind the Ralco dam, Spanish electricity giant Endesa, now has its eyes set on Aysén, where together with Chilean utility Colbún it plans to

UIHS turns to solar energy to lessen dependency on dam  -  28 Aug 2007
The Eureka Reporter,...“The main thing is that we’re trying to alleviate the need for dam-produced energy by using more appropriate electric generators,� he said.

State will decide on Mossman rebuild  -  28 Aug 2007
Cabinet.com,By Rony Camille HOLLIS — Despite Fire Chief Richard Towne’s opinion that the Mossman Dam could have killed someone if it had breached all at once during the

QUEEN OF HEARTS  -  28 Aug 2007
Bangkok Post,As violence in the far South scares many people from travelling to work, the Queen's four farms at Ban Bang Khao, Ban Nam Dam, Ban Khok Mhad and Ban Yabi in

SA K4 in the spotlight  -  28 Aug 2007
Independent Online,Marathon to be held on December 1 and 2. Members of the public are invited to the beautiful Shongweni Dam for a wonderful weekend's entertainment. - Sapa.

Take me to the river, and release  -  28 Aug 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,The deliberate release from the Maroondah Reservoir was a water-saving measure by Melbourne Water to provide more space in the dam to catch spring rainfall.

Still on track  -  28 Aug 2007
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen,By DAN BAULCH/Staff Reporter The timeline for the city of Beaver Dam to acquire 102 acres of land for a new business park remained on track Monday night.

FIRST PROJECT COMPLETED UNDER NOAA OPEN RIVERS INITIATIVE  -  28 Aug 2007
NOAA,The dam was breached on Aug. 27, following a ceremony with speakers from NOAA, the state of Oregon, and the local community. This event marked the removal

Diamond Lover put down at Cambridge Stud  -  28 Aug 2007
ThoroughbredNews.co.nz,Cambridge Stud reports that outstanding broodmare Diamond Lover (Sticks And Stones x Eight Carat), the dam of New Zealand’s highest-ever priced yearling,

Official: Local reservoirs safe  -  28 Aug 2007
Glenwood Springs Post Independent,A Colorado congressman's efforts to obtain $200 million in dam safety funds come as welcome news to a man who oversees the inspections of the structures

September marks start of early deer, forest grouse seasons  -  28 Aug 2007
Omak Okanogan County Chronicle,Jateff explained the harvest season is possible because the upper Columbia River summer Chinook return at Wells Dam is adequate and fish stocks are stable

Re: Nurse jailed for abortion  -  28 Aug 2007
Daily Observer,Following media publications of one Dam Jeng who’s purported to be a nurse at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital and now jailed for carrying out an

Police hunting for Rhys killer seal off woods  -  28 Aug 2007
Times Online,Merseyside Police confirmed that the Dam Wood area, which lies between the Croxteth Park Estate and Croxteth in Liverpool, had been sealed off and was being

Sockeye survivors give new hope  -  28 Aug 2007
Ladysmith Chronicle,Alas, most of these tenacious fish got to the base of the dam and died there, as millions did back in the 1920s when the dam was built.

Options sought for dams  -  28 Aug 2007
Traverse City Record Eagle,By Brian McGillivary An angler drops his line near the fish ladder at the Union Street Dam on the Boardman River in Traverse City.

Dam to Start Generating Electricity by End of 2008  -  Aug 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Delayed by a year in part due to difficulties in tough terrain on the gorge, the construction of a hydroelectric dam at the Tekeze River Basin,

Ghana: Bui Dam Project Promises Bright Economic Prospects  -  Aug 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES within the Bui area, is to receive a major boost due to the commencement of the construction of the Bui hydro- Electric Dam.

Ghana: Welcome, the Bui Dam  -  Aug 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,AT LONG last, the battle is ended and the Bui Dam which Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of this nation envisaged, has come into fruition.

Dam project to displace Uganda falls  -  Aug 27, 2007
Baltimore Sun,Construction began last week on a $772 million hydroelectric dam that will turn the falls into a reservoir. The project, financed by the World Bank,

Mettur dam crosses full level  -  Aug 26, 2007
Hindu,27 (PTI): For the third time in the last two months, the Mettur Dam across Cauvery surplused today due to heavy inflow in the last few days.

Dam 'could spoil' Murray-Darling flows  -  Aug 26, 2007
ABC Online,New South Wales graziers are concerned a dam built by a Queensland grazier will affect flows into the Paroo River, which is the last free-flowing river in

Yellowstone Dam on hazard list  -  Aug 27, 2007
Monroe Times,There are two dams in Green County: the Decatur Dam near Brodhead and the Albany Dam, which runs through the village. The Yellowstone Dam is the only one

Rain boosts Brisbane dam levels  -  Aug 25, 2007
ABC Online,South East Queensland Water (SEQW) spokesman Mike Foster says the combined average dam level of Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine dams is sitting at 18.8

Wyaralong Valley too dry for dam, say residents  -  Aug 27, 2007
Courier Mail,IF Premier Peter Beattie were genuine, he would abandon plans for a dam in the Wyaralong Valley, southwest of Brisbane, residents say.

New faces, old mission - 842nd works to build roads at Orman Dam  -  Aug 27, 2007
Black Hills Pioneer,Sgt. Joshua Diede, the non-commissioned officer in charge of the project at Orman Dam, said the 842nd did the roadwork for the state Bureau of Land

Drowned boys tried to get out  -  Aug 27, 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,THE body of one of three children who drowned in a dam was found half protruding from the open door of their father's submerged car, a court heard yesterday

La Pine man missing near Wickiup Dam found safe  -  Aug 27, 2007
Bend Weekly,...by Cheryl McDermott A 50-year old La Pine man whose family reported him missing Friday night after he failed to return home from swimming at the Wickiup Dam

Rock relocation resumes at Derby Dam  -  Aug 27, 2007
Connecticut Post,DERBY — A rock-relocation project by the operators of the Derby Dam was temporarily halted for several days last week after a resident raised concerns about

Girl's body found in Lockport park spurs investigation  -  Aug 27, 2007
Chicago Tribune,Spells' body was found dead by a jogger Sunday morning near a dam in the 150-acre Dellwood Park, about 30 miles southwest of Chicago, Lockport police said.

BHP Billiton Sees Olympic Dam Uranium Project Delayed  -  Aug 27, 2007
Product Reviews,BHP Billiton have said that their resources at the Olympic Dam Projects could be as much as 50 per cent larger than previously thought.

On Water / Hidden costs of water development  -  Aug 27, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,Shasta Dam is the keystone of the Central Valley Project. When the Shasta Dam began construction in 1938, more than 90 percent of Winnemem ancestral land

Diversion dam pits farmers against fishermen  -  Aug 25, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune,In the three days since I had stood in the middle of the river someone had built a diversion dam of three trunks, boulder and Visquine three-quarters of the

Chile's Los Pelambres to appeal court order on dam  -  Aug 25, 2007
Reuters.uk,The El Mauro dam project has been plagued by legal problems since it was approved in 2004. Antofagasta Plc (ANTO.L: Quote, Profile , Research),

Ghana: Kufuor's Trips Bearing Fruit  -  Aug 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Mr. Mensah, who was speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony by the President to commence construction work on the Bui Dam at Bui in the Banda Traditional Area

Algae swamps chief water supply  -  Aug 27, 2007
NEWS.com.au,By Saffron Howden, Environment Reporter A POTENTIALLY toxic algae has spread across the surface of Warragamba Dam - Sydney's chief drinking water supply.

Rain proof Mary River dam is good choice: Bligh  -  Aug 24, 2007
ABC Online,..."It's certainly absolutely clear that the Mary River catchment is a very suitable catchment for a dam," she said. "It is certainly showing its power over

Heavy rains break Junction Creek dam  -  Aug 26, 2007
Sudbury Star,Major rainfall ruptured a Junction Creek dam that was built for a creosote cleanup project. High levels of precipitation elevated the creek water levels

Ghana: After Almost 90 Years On the Drawing Board, Bui Dam Becomes ...  -  Aug 24, 2007
AllAfrica.com,President Kufuor would today make yet another historic mark when he cuts the sod for work to begin on the Bui Dam. The Bui Dam project has been on the




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