In 2007, concerns about ecological damage to the Russian River caused government officials in California to take similar measures to cut back water supplies and promote more efficient irrigation practices.
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It's rare for the government to release such a frank look at problems that could affect the politically sensitive Three Gorges Dam, scheduled to start holding back water next year.
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The village lies between the lush green hills that separate it off from Bastora and Porvorim on the West and the back waters of the Mandovi River on the East.
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The place is endowed with a network of canals which are invariably connected with either the Arabian sea on the west or the Vembanad back waters on the east side.
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This reservoir is part of Telugu Ganga project and mainly fed by gravity canal from back waters of Srisailam Dam through Pothireddypadu head / flow regulator located across the feeder canal.
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Critics worry that the dam, which is designed to hold back water only during periods of heavy runoff, could evolve into a semi-permanent reservoir, jeopardizing its flood-control objectives and destroying wildlife habitat.
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That's when they were recruited to keep watch on Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan province, now the focus of a gargantuan effort to hold back waters of destruction that run each summer.
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It is much economical to install a new hydro-electric scheme with a 15 km long tunnel utilizing nearly 400 meters available level drop between Jalaput reservoir and the existing Balimela Reservoir back waters.
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Other remedial measures include cloud seeding, cutting back water allocated to a thermoelectric generating plant between Matamoros and Reynosa, and the digging of deep wells along the south bank of the Rio Grande.
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Karimov said Kyrgyzstan's " uncontrolled and unwise " actions had worsened the situation and violated earlier agreements to hold back water during the winter while letting more water flow for irrigation in spring.
