he invented Block System the automatic doors which he devised to stop wasteful overflow of water. Sir Visvesvaraya builted many dams in Maharashtra state. He was designed and patented a system of automatic weir water floodgates which were first installed in 1903 at the Khadakvasla reservoir‚ Pune. He worked as a chief engineer during construction of Krishna Raja Sagara Dam on the Kaveri River in Mandya. He became the President of All India Manufacturers Association. Sir Visvesvaraya was the maker
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Blue Gold This is a documentary about the ever increasing water crisis in our world today; what is causing it‚ the consequences‚ and how to stop it. Ecologists everywhere began to take notice of the “desertification” of our planet and the dire consequences ahead if it is not stopped. The urgency of this issue is one that cannot be brushed off because it is not us destroying solely the planet we live on‚ but destroying our chances of survival on it. Desertification of the earth is caused
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found in some rain-fed lands and inter-mountain valleys. 3. This all water is being stored in the natural reservoirs according to their capacities for its effective utilization. These reservoirs mainly include Tarbela dam‚ Mangla Chashma barrage reservoirs. Also along with these large dam reservoirs there are many small other reservoirs like Warsak‚ Khanpur‚ Tanda ‚ Rawal etc. UTILIZATION OF WATER In Pakistan we use water available to us for different purposes .The basic utilization is for irrigation
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northwestern corner of Yosemite National park in California. Yosemite was declared a national park in the late 1800’s by congress to protect this valuable wilderness for all people. The debate was between John Muir and Gifford Pinchot. Muir was against the dam and Pinchot was for it. Muir founded the Sierra Club and was one of the leading advocates for the creation of the U.S. national park system. Pinchot was one of the first scientific foresters (head of the US Forest service)‚ and he worked to develop
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CHAPTER 9: WATER RESOURCES Dams and Salmon on the Klamath River Damaged from electricity and farmers have settle the land and diverted water for irrigation recently→ salmon population greatly reduced‚ local NA tribes and commercial fishing industry has suffered. Hydroelectric dams installed when water started to drain for agricultural use Migrating salmon died off on 2002 due to warm water‚ growth of toxic algae‚ and diseases Dams removed in 2009 Water is abundant‚ but usable water is
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Water 6 Figure 4: Rock catchment area and rock holes 7 Figure 5: Dams 7 Figure 6: Excavated Dams 8 Figure 7: Bores and Wells 8 Figure 8: Wells 9 Abstract This report deals with the water crisis in Lebanon‚ causes and problems of it like pollution of water by the sanitation‚ the high consumption of water‚ and the Israel’s threats to the Lebanese water security. Also the solution of the water crisis like constructing dams and wells‚ rationalize the consumption of water‚ and the building
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example of a hydraulic structure is dam‚ which slows the normal flow rate of river in order to power turbines. A hydraulic structure can be built in rivers‚ sea or any body of water where there is a need for a change in the natural flow of water. On the right is an example of a hydraulic structure that is built across a river to manage the natural flow of water in the river. 4 Introduction dam spillway An example of a hydraulic structure is dam‚ which has two or more principal
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landslide. The deadly landslide followed a ten-day period of heavy rains and a minor earthquake of magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale. The official death toll was 1‚126. San Roque Dam flooding The giant dams are a clear and present danger to lives and property during the rainy season like the San Roque Dam. The San Roque Dam still had excess water of around 100 million cubic meters to get rid of from the storm that devastated a wide swath of Pangasinan and parts of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija and left more
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ecosystem. The indigenous people hunt‚ fish‚ and practice slash and burn agriculture. The Kayapo way of life is ever threatened by mining‚ logging and the threat of Brazilian developers who wish to build the world’s 3rd largest dam (Belo Monte) along with a series of support dams. I support the Kayapo rights to preserve their way of life over the rights of those of the greater “world” to have access to it. This land is theirs to do with as they please. Since the 1950’s when the Kayapo people began
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Hunter Herdt Dr. Schiesser Geological Disasters 12 October 2011 What Should We Be Doing? Natural disasters occur on Earth every day. They range from earthquake that can’t be felt to Tsunamis that kill and destroy millions of dollars of property. No matter big or small they happen and the best geologist can predict them to a certain degree yet no natural occurring disaster can be entirely predicted or stopped. People seem to look to blame something or someone for these things but we are only
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