China oil spill: Officials say Dalian oil spill is cleaned up
Chinese officials say crude from a pipeline explosion near the port city of Dalian has successfully been cleaned up. Environmentalists say much of the oil has been removed, but damage is extensive. ... read more >>
India-Pakistan water treaty poised to burst
Though averting disaster in 1960, venerable Indus Water Treaty no longer appears adequate to deal with modern disputes ... read more >>
China dam faces flood stress test
Chinese authorities are waiting nervously to see if the Three Gorges Dam will hold
AS the worst floods in decades continue to create carnage across parts of China, the controversial Three Gorges Dam is coming under fresh scrutiny for its capacity to deal with record rains as well as its role in the disaster.
Costing $US26 billion and taking decades to build, with completion in 2008, former
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Regional Cooperation Efforts in the Mekong River Basin: Mitigating River-Related Security Threats and Promoting Regional Development
The development of international rivers is often perceived as leading to conflicts or even water wars. However, as the development of the Mekong River shows, cooperation has not only prevailed in the last decades, but River Basin Organizations (RBOs), established to mitigate river-related conflicts and/or develop the river basin, have also contributed to the emergence of more general cooperation ... read more >>
In Photos: Deluged China closes huge dam’s shipping locks
China's massive Three Gorges Dam stands flooding test.
After weeks of heavy storms, flooding and landslides that have killed hundreds and forced the evacuation of millions, Reuters reports that Chinese officials have been forced to close the shipping locks on the enormous Three Gorges Dam.
"The reservoir behind the massive Three Gorges dam, the world's largest hydropower project, had swoll
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Tehran's water will not be drinkable in near future
Iran's former Minister of Health, Doctor Alireza Marandi, mentioned in an interview with KhabarOnline that the excessive level of heavy metals in Tehran's water is well passed the normal level. and the Ministries of Health and Power should be warned that Tehran's water will not be drinkable in near future.
Prior to this interview, Doctor Marzieh Dastjerdi, the current Minister of Health had an
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Kabul faces severe water crisis
Report says Afghan city and region will need six times more water by 2050, as Oxfam warns of violence over scarce resource ... read more >>
Pakistan needs to improve management of water resources: Clinton
Pakistan needs to improve its internal management of water resources before it seeks external mediation to resolve differences with India over the sharing of river waters, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Islamabad on Monday. Describing the wastage of water within Pakistan as "extraordinary", Clinton said 92 per cent of clean water goes into agriculture and is "not used efficiently". ... read more >>
