Written by As the magnitude of Johannesburg’s water crisis becomes clear, water authorities are beginning to look at what it would take to use water from alternative sources, including the water running in Joburg’s own rivers. To gauge the feasibility of this, GroundUp took a three-day walk along Johannesburg’s Klip River. Source link
Melbourne Water paid $80.82 million in capital repatriation, $22.2 million in dividends, plus “a new efficiency dividend of $24.5 million … as part of the government’s COVID debt repayment plan”, it said in its annual report. Pallas determines dividends and whether to withdraw more cash after consultation with the corporations’ boards and Water Minister Harriet […]
Melbourne Water paid $80.82 million in capital repatriation, $22.2 million in dividends, plus “a new efficiency dividend of $24.5 million … as part of the government’s COVID debt repayment plan”, it said in its annual report. Pallas determines dividends and whether to withdraw more cash after consultation with the corporations’ boards and Water Minister Harriet […]
As anticipated, HONOR officially unveiled the X9c in Malaysia with important upgrades to make the brand’s toughest phone even better. HONOR used double tempered glass for the display and a revamped curvature on the frame to make it more durable than its predecessor. Those upgrades give the X9c a 2-meter drop resistance and scratch resistance. […]
The Hanford Reach, bordering the Hanford Site to the north and east, is by far the longest free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River in the United States. When the Hanford Site was built during World War II, the only dams downstream from Grand Coulee Dam were Bonneville and Rock Island, both completed in 1938. Since […]
Just off the main shopping street of Bahnhofstrasse in Rennweg, an odd metallic cylinder pokes out of the pavement. The strange object is what can be seen of Sodbrunnen, or Sod well, a 700-year-old well. During the medieval period, locals would draw their drinking water from the shaft sunk 33 feet down to reach groundwater. In 1740, […]
Three Hong Kong men have been jailed for 28 days over firing water guns at police and reporters from local broadcaster TVB during a Thai water festival last year. YouTube Channel “Bravedogdog” uploaded a clip of a group of men shooting water guns at police officers and TVB News reporters during the Songkran celebrations in […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attend a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning Point USA, in Duluth, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. Carlos Barria | Reuters Former president Donald Trump said Sunday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s proposal to remove fluoride from the U.S. water […]
Mexico has experienced a water crisis for the last decade due to a combination of factors. Drought, overexploitation, inadequate infrastructure, mismanagement of water supplies and contamination have all stolen the headlines at one point or another. Despite record dryness, however, poor rainfall and overexploitation of aquifers are far from the only issues facing the Mexican […]
TV presenter and environmental campaigner Chris Packham says OFWAT is in “dereliction of duty” and calls on the government to “reform that regulator”. Mr Packham joins a range of groups including River Action and Greenpeace who march through central London to demand tougher action to keep the UK’s water ways clean. Source link