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In Mexico City, women water harvesters help make up for drought and dicey public water system
4 months, 3 weeks ago

In Mexico City, women water harvesters help make up for drought and dicey public water system

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Gliding above her neighborhood in a cable car on a recent morning, Sonia Estefanía Palacios Díaz scanned a sea of blue and black water tanks, tubes and cables looking for rain harvesting systems. “I’m also always looking for places to install one.” Driven by prolonged drought and inconsistent public water delivery, many Mexico City residents are turning …

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Openings planned in road dividers to prevent waterlogging
6 months, 1 week ago

Openings planned in road dividers to prevent waterlogging

Hindustan Times  

To prevent waterlogging on roads, the Pune Municipal Corporation road department will make small openings in dividers at regular intervals. Later, PMC drainage department officials visited the rain-affected spots and found out that buried stormwater drain chambers due to road resurfacing, cement stormwater drain chambers and non-opening in dividers caused water to submerge roads. They observed that divider opening at …

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Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming

New Indian Express  

PARIS: French officials inaugurated on Thursday a huge water storage basin meant to help clean up the River Seine, set to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons. Sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra praised Paris' ability “to provide athletes from all over the world with an exceptional setting …

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Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming

Associated Press  

PARIS — French officials inaugurated on Thursday a huge water storage basin meant to help clean up the River Seine, set to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons. Paris’ mayor Anne Hidalgo, left, and President of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee Tony Estanguet …

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California is now practically drought-free, but we keep wasting so much rainwater
1 year, 3 months ago

California is now practically drought-free, but we keep wasting so much rainwater

LA Times  

A driver whose car stalled out on flooded Avenue 48 asks for help from a passerby during Tropical Storm Hilary. He still called Hilary’s rainfall “an unexpected boon” for Southern California’s local water supplies, but said too much of the storm’s water washed away — the latest reminder of the state’s urgent challenge to better capture rainwater to help refill …

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Rain: Car swept away due to excessive water flow in Haryana's river| WATCH
1 year, 6 months ago

Rain: Car swept away due to excessive water flow in Haryana's river| WATCH

India TV News  

Car swept due to rain: A woman’s car was swept away due to a sudden excessive water flow in the river owing to rain in Kharak Mangoli in Haryana’s Panchkula. Numerous city streets, including state highways and Narsinghpur Chowk on the Delhi-Jaipur route, were covered with an average of 3 to 4 feet of water, making travel for two-wheelers and …

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IMD launches study programme to understand rain-chemistry
1 year, 6 months ago

IMD launches study programme to understand rain-chemistry

Hindustan Times  

Pune: This four-month-long joint study will be held between June and October 2023. the India Meteorological Department, Pune, in collaboration with Fergusson College, inaugurated the Precipitation Chemistry Experiment programme on Tuesday, June 20. It will help the scientists and students to understand the chemical composition of rainwater which provides the status of air pollution and the possibility of acid rain …

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Rainwater harvesting drive launched in Rajasthan
2 years, 11 months ago

Rainwater harvesting drive launched in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

A major drive has been launched in Rajasthan for rainwater harvesting and conservation, followed by judicious use of water resources, which will help resolve the issue of paucity of water caused by scanty and erratic rainfall in the State. While the RGJSY’s first phase ended in August 2021 with the creation of water harvesting infrastructure in over 3,900 villages, the …

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Two men accused of keeping missing woman Cassidy Rainwater locked in a cage on Missouri property
3 years, 2 months ago

Two men accused of keeping missing woman Cassidy Rainwater locked in a cage on Missouri property

The Independent  

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Spruce up rainwater harvesting structures, water board urges residents
4 years, 5 months ago

Spruce up rainwater harvesting structures, water board urges residents

The Hindu  

Residents can utilise the lockdown to clean rainwater harvesting structures in their houses. With effective rainwater harvesting, maximum rainwater can be harnessed during Southwest monsoon in the city, said water experts and hydrogeologists. Residents in large apartments could hold discussions online and spruce up RWH structures and dredge recharge wells, they added. With field visits restricted during lockdown, Rain Centre, …

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