dams
Unquenchable thirst
A growing rivalry between India, Pakistan and China over the region’s great rivers may be threatening South Asia’s peace.
A century ago Wular and its surrounding marshes covered more than 217 square kilometres (84 square miles), making it one of Asia’s larger freshwater lakes. Now, thanks to silt and encroachment, the extraction of water by nearby towns and tree planting on the shore, it measures only 87 sq km and is shrinking.
ReplyFirst International and Third National Conference on Dams and Hydropower in Iran
Event Location:Tehran, IranStart Date:08 February 2012End Date:09 February 2012Link:Official WebsiteDescription:This conference provides a forum for all attendants to discuss and exchange on many issues such as novelties in design, construction, monitoring, operation and rehabilitation of dams and power plants and, particularly, friendly environmental development. Interested people are cordially invited to attend this Conference and make contribution with the latest achievement in dams and hydropower.
2011 Annual Meeting and Conference on Dams
Event Location:San Diego, CA, USStart Date:11 April 2011End Date:15 April 2011Link:Official WebsiteDescription:This 2011 USSD Conference provides the technical committees with the opportunity to examine relevant ideas to modern design and classical methods of analysis for concrete and embankment dams and levees.