The reservoir behind the massive Darbandikhan dam, tucked between the rolling mountains of northeastern Iraq, is almost full again after four successive years of drought and severe water shortages. Iraqi officials say recent rainfall has refilled some of the water-scarce country’s main reservoirs, taking levels to a record since 2019. “The dam’s storage capacity is […]
Apr. 25—The New York Power Authority has reopened the lower and upper reservoirs for the season to recreational boating at the Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project. Both fishing areas were recently enhanced with picnic tables and portable bathrooms , according to a NYPA news release. Use of the upper reservoir is limited to rowboats, canoes, […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Luis Soler is caring for water as if it were the most expensive ingredient at his restaurant in Colombia’s capital. For the first time in 40 years, a severe drought pushed the city to start rationing tap water. At Soler’s restaurant in Bogota, nothing flowed through the pipes Friday. The city’s […]
The mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota on Monday announced water restrictions as reservoirs in the sprawling Andean city hit “critical” levels. Mayor Carlos Fernando Galan told a press conference that two key reservoirs supplying the city were at their lowest level since the mid-1980s due to a lack of rain attributed to the El Nino […]
There’s good news for boaters who enjoy being on the water at Horsetooth Reservoir, Carter Lake and Boyd Lake. The three popular Larimer County bodies of water are being filled with the expectation that Horsetooth Reservoir and Carter Lake will be full by the end of June, according to Andrea Perea, spokesperson for the Bureau […]
We all want to know where the water coming out of our taps comes from. In Rochester, treated water from Hemlock and Canadice lakes first travels through a covered transmission reservoir located in Rush, then into a pair of uncovered reservoirs located in city parks. That is the unusual part. Uncovered finished water reservoirs are […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continues its defensive operation on the Avdiivka front, relying on the local terrain including the cascade of water reservoirs near the settlements of Tonenke, Orlivka, and Berdychi. That is the defence strategy chosen by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Source: Dmytro Lykhovii, spokesman for the Tavriia Operational Strategic Group, on Radio […]