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The government and the forestry industry have locked horns in a court case that may have far-reaching implications for South Africa’s water laws and “threaten the entire basis of water-use allocations” to the forestry industry and other major water users.
In simple terms, the dispute involves the large volumes of water sucked up by different plantation tree species and the timber industry’s recent drive to convert more of its plantations from pine trees to gum trees because of changing commercial demand.
Swapping one species of plantation tree for another may not seem like a big deal, but in a water-scarce country like South Africa, water regulators insist that every drop needs to be counted and allocated carefully.
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The construction site of the Cai Lon Irrigation Project, which is expected to help combat saltwater intrusion in Vietnam s Mekong Delta. Photo: Chi Quoc / Tuoi Tre
Provincial authorities in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta are going to great lengths in order to mitigate the damage for local farmers during this year’s saltwater intrusion season.
Saline intrusion may encroach further on the inland waterways of the Mekong Delta and reach its peak between February 25 and March 4, the Southern Institute of Water Resources Research anticipated.
By mid-February, many canals in Phu Vinh Commune of An Giang Province – the gateway to the Mekong River in Vietnam – had been almost depleted, which troubled the irrigation plans of local farmers.
Dr. David Hyndman, an expert in hydrogeology with 25 years of experience as a researcher, educator and academic administrator, joined UT Dallas on Feb. 1 as the new dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Caption: Peter Eagleson started working at MIT in 1952 and served as the head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from 1970-75. He was a pioneer in the field of hydrology, transforming it from an engineering specialty with local application into the global-scale study of the water cycle. Caption: Eagleson at MIT
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MIT Professor Emeritus Peter S. Eagleson, an accomplished and influential hydrologist who helped revolutionize the field, died of natural causes on Jan. 6 at the age of 92.
Eagleson started working at MIT in 1952 and served as the head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from 1970 to 1975. He was a pioneer in the field of hydrology, transforming it from an engineering specialty with local application into the global-scale study of the water cycle.