Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "dams"

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    • Cloud seeding planned for Magat Dam, Bohol province 

      Talavera, Sheldeen Joy (BusinessWorld, July 13, 2023, on page S1/2)
      The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) said it is preparing to conduct cloud seeding around Magat Dam in northern Luzon to counteract the effects of El Niño. In a virtual briefing on ...

    • Here's why river overflow can lead to flood damage 

      Klippe, Andreas (BusinessWorld, December 29, 2020, on page S1/4)
      Flood can be very terrifying if you live near rivers. Though called in much literature as a source of life, rivers can actually take lives when they overflow. Rivers carry many risks, especially when there is heavy rainfall ...

    • How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, December 19, 2022, on page S1/3)
      Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy’s edge is crumbling into the delta. Just 15 years ago, Southeast Asia’s longest river carried some 143 ...