Rivers

Nevada sues US government over cuts to Colorado River access

The Colorado river makes farming possible in large tracts of the arid American south-west, and provides drinking water to the 40 million people who live there.

Low levels of river Rhine begin to disrupt German industry

Chemical producers, utilities, steelmakers and agricultural traders are warning of higher costs, transport bottlenecks and curbed production from the low levels of Germany’s Rhine river - one of Europe’s main transport arteries.

Low Danube river levels force Romania to shut down both of its nuclear power reactors

Romania’s two 706-megawatt nuclear reactors on the Danube account for roughly a fifth of the country’s power production.

Cruise ship runs aground in River Danube due to low water levels

Thames Water creditors propose ‘golden share’ for British government to avoid nationalisation

Thames has been fighting for survival after successive owners failed to invest adequately in its ageing infrastructure.

Residents in Johor Bahru cry foul over smelly river

Floating rubbish often accumulates alongside riverbanks, creating a foul stench.

Arsenic in the water: Toxic ‘time bomb’ threatens Mekong river basin

Researchers and activists attribute pollution at the Mekong river to illegal mines in Myanmar.

Scientists decipher ancient origins of Euphrates River, cradle of civilisation

Scientists believe the Euphrates River was formed when two river systems merged due to tectonic activity.

At least six killed in south-west China after truck falls into river in heavy rain

Guangxi was struck by two magnitude 5.2 earthquakes on May 18, and at least nine people died in the south-western region of China after a pickup truck fell into a flooded river amid heavy rain.

Toxic tide: Myanmar’s rare earth mining surge hurting livelihoods along Thailand’s Kok River

pwchiangrai - Fisherman Siam Kaewdam is among the local villagers found by university researchers to have higher-than-normal arsenic levels in his body.
ST PHOTO: PHILIP WEN

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