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Growing pains for Indian small hydro
20 July, 2004
With environmental concerns making new large hydro schemes politically unfeasible and conventional thermal resources simply too expensive for large-scale deployment, the government of Kerala state in southern India is turning to mini-hydro to meet its growing power demand. David Appleyard reports
Flash of inspiration
17 May, 2004
The United Arab Emirates is extending its flash flood dam construction programme as part of efforts to increase the availability of fresh water supplies. David Hayes reports on the work being undertaken in the country and gives details on some of the most important flash flood dams
On shaky ground
17 February, 2004
Dr Martin Wieland and Dr R Peter Brenner explain why the earthquake safety of many dams should be reassessed, and address the benefits of dam safety programmes