Pip Magazine

3 min read

Gonâve island, fifteen kilometres wide and sixty kilometres long, lies under the Haitian sun. What once would have been a rich ecology is now as seriously degraded as the mainland. Even in its degraded state 50,000 sought refuge there after the 2010

NPR

4 min read

A report by the United Nations Environmental Programme offers recommendations to stop the failure of dams holding mine waste. Will governments and industry leaders sign on?

Pretoria News Weekend

2 min read

IT HAS been said that a setback is a set-up for a comeback and that is the case for Pretoria’s once famous Die Poort waterfall in the Wonderboom Nature Reserve. The water supply to keep it flowing has been shut off for more than two years after the c

New Internationalist

1 min read

165 major rivers in the world, according to most estimates. Minor rivers (many of which are tributaries) number in the thousands. 64% of rivers >1,000km in length are no longer free-flowing.1 <10% of river basins are protected by law. 2 263 transboun

Adirondack Explorer

5 min read

The Adirondacks are filled with people who work every day to protect the park’s thousands of lakes and ponds. For some, it becomes a career. For others, like Neil Chippendale and Glen Repko, it’s an opportunity to volunteer time to benefit their comm

How It Works

1 min read

On an island you’re surrounded by undrinkable water. You can boil it and capture the steam in a cloth. When it’s soaking wet, you can wring out pure water. In a desert, look for where plants are growing, as they need water. Try to get up high and loo

You South Africa

1 min read

The southern part of the Yellowstone National Park in the US has reopened following devastating floods. The park is especially popular during the American summer. To prevent overcrowding, the park has implemented a system that will allow visitors in

Los Angeles Times

7 min read

Whoever coined the phrase "Whisky is for drinking, water is for fighting" didn't have things quite right. In California, water is for scamming. The newest example is a majestically cynical ploy being foisted on taxpayers by some of the state's premie

Getaway

1 min read

Debengeni Falls, Magoebaskloof Lovely falls and very close to the parking lot. Walk up and down the river for beautiful scenery. Go in mid- to late summer after heavy rains. Waterfall Bluff, Mbotyi, Wild Coast It’s rare for a waterfall to tumble dir

Dwell

1 min read

All-weather furniture isn’t always comfy, which is why good pillows are essential. CB2’s Be Who We Are pillow ($60) has a textured knit pattern that screams “indoors only,” but can survive outside thanks to a water-repellent finish. Available in a fe

Futurity

1 min read

The building and planning of hundreds of new dams threaten to silence the heartbeat of the Amazon River, report researchers. For a new paper in Science Advances, researchers studied the effects of existing dams and used the data to predict how the ri

Los Angeles Times

2 min read

BOGOTA, Colombia - After the evacuation of 2,000 residents at risk from floodwaters in northwest Colombia, tens of thousands more were put on alert Friday as engineers struggled to contain the damage at a giant hydroelectric dam project that its owne

Adirondack Explorer

3 min read

On a bank of the Ausable River’s West Branch, just upstream of its confluence with the East Branch in Au Sable Forks, this spring’s high water deposited a large twisted sheet of rusted steel, looking like a beached whale, opposite the Tahawus Cultura

Science Illustrated

5 min read

Click – wow! As if by magic, the gallery of Cragside House in Northumberland is illuminated by an electric lamp in 1878. The paintings on the room’s walls are suddenly bathed in what seems to be broad daylight, and the owner, engineer William George

The Christian Science Monitor

4 min read

Last year, dams were removed in 26 U.S. states, a new record in a growing movement aimed at improving public safety and restoring waterways.

Earth Garden

4 min read

WE’RE in drought – serious drought. Our neighbour Lyn moved to our valley 40 years ago, and she reckons she’s never seen it this bad. When young, but mature, trees start dying and kangaroo mothers start abandoning their way-too-young joeys to fend fo

Manhattan Institute

3 min read

A flood serves as a reminder that natural disasters are often a function of deferred maintenance.

Kayak Session Magazine

1 min read

In the early and mid 20th century, many of Scotland's larger rivers were dammed for hydroelectric power. Dams were built on salmon spawning rivers on the condition that water would be released intermittently through the summer months to simulate the

Motor Boat & Yachting

1 min read

Located east of the river Hamble, the nearest marina to the Nook & Cranny is Universal. For those mooring up on the west bank, although being only around 1.5 miles from Hamble Point as the crow flies, it’s an 8.5-mile trip by road. For anyone not use

BBC Wildlife Magazine

1 min read

A low dam built across a river to raise the level of water upstream or to regulate its flow. A tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railway. A sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water. An embankment built to pr

NPR

1 min read

The city of Odessa has not yet released the exact details regarding the cause of the break.

Woman's Day

1 min read

✓ Check conditions before entering the water. ✓ Enter the water slowly, feet first. ✓ Take care around crumbling riverbeds and dam edges. ✓ Avoid underwater obstacles such as rocks and branches. ✓ Take care when walking on unstable or slippery riverb

American Outdoor Guide

9 min read

Survival expert, check! Primitive skills instructor, check! Rock climber and triathlete, check! These are all true statements without a doubt, but what truly exemplifies Matt Graham as “exceptional” is his ability to make even the most difficult chal

BBC Wildlife Magazine

1 min read

An open canopy allows more sunlight to reach the woodland floor, creating varied vegetation. Beavers construct multiple dams within their territories, extending them over time. New channels diverge from the dam and canals are dug out to help the beav

Woman & Home

1 min read

‘Check an online map to find your nearest water sources, such as a river, lake or canal, and factor them into your weekly walks,’ says Catherine. Listening to water inspires calmness, focus and creativity. Even the smallest garden or balcony has roo

The Independent

4 min read

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Thousands of dams in need of repairs or improvements are located upstream from homes, businesses or entire communities — posing a potentially deadly hazard if they fail. An Associated Press analysis found that the number of su

Homebuilding & Renovating

1 min read

• I have never liked soakaways. They can be frightfully expensive and, in the end, because of all of the detritus that goes down the guttering and downpipes, they might clog up and fail. My solution is to have all of the surface water going to a wild

Australian Country

3 min read

Forget beer budgets. Grace and Fernando Ferreira cheerfully admit they had Champagne taste on a water budget when it came to their new home on a semi-rural site close to Queanbeyan and with easy access to the national capital. With an owner-builder’s

Farmer's Weekly

2 min read

Deputy President David Mabuza recently provided written answers to parliamentary questions from the DA on the slow progress made with work to enlarge the Clanwilliam Dam in the Western Cape. The project to increase the dam wall height by 13m was init

Coast

1 min read

• HAMPSHIRE: A new small town is planned for the site of the former Fawley Power Station in Hampshire. Right on the coast on the edge of the New Forest, the new Fawley Waterside Scheme will provide 1,500 new homes and a new dock, built on one of the