water-management

With short-term draining operations and long-term water-management projects under way, "we have high confidence that this will not repeat," Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said in an interview at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit here.

Thai Government: Flooding Won't Happen Again Mitsuru Obe 2011

Northwest loggers failed to stop the northern spotted owl from being designated as threatened in 1990, and California winemakers have clashed with water-management officials over conservation measures to protect certain salmon.

Reptile Roils Oil Patch Ana Campoy 2011

The government also is struggling to professionalize its water-management ranks.

Haiti Scrambles to Secure Clean Water Ingrid Arnesen 2010

John McNeill deals brilliantly with a century of water-management follies in "Something New Under the Sun" 2000.

Any Drop to Drink? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto 2011

Mr. Shepard writes about, among other things, a Dutch water-management engineer during a climate-change crisis, the Japanese special-effects genius who designed "Godzilla" and Polish Himalayan mountaineers.

Strained Separations Sam Sacks 2011

The water-management agency's order halted 235 wells, Conoco said, including 181 producing wells and 54 injecting wells.

Conoco to Set Up China-Spill Fund James T. Areddy 2011

Political instability has made it difficult for the country's frequently changing governments to pursue long-term projects such as upgrading water-management systems.

Thai Government: Flooding Won't Happen Again Mitsuru Obe 2011

Bangkok has perhaps fallen behind in constructing water-management facilities such as canals, dams, dikes and the like—although in fairness, it's not obvious how effective any man-made measures would have been in the face of the natural forces that cause such 50-year floods.

Drying Off Thailand's Supply Chains Joseph Sternberg 2011

In ordering the shutdown, the water-management agency dismissed the company's claim that it had complied with an Aug. 31 deadline to stop remaining leaks associated with two separate spills.

Conoco to Set Up China-Spill Fund James T. Areddy 2011

Already, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is moving to reassure investors by pledging a large chunk of a proposed 800 billion baht, or $26 billion, recovery fund to developing better water-management systems.

Firms Draw Scrutiny Over Thai Flood's Impact James Hookway 2011