All articles tagged with #reservoir
Originally Published 6 months ago — by CBS News
A paddleboarder died while attempting to rescue a 12-year-old girl drifting in a Utah reservoir; he was last seen helping her onto an inflatable before disappearing beneath the water, and his body was recovered hours later.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by NPR
Damage to the "river outlet works" at Glen Canyon Dam has raised concerns about the ability to manage water from the shrinking Lake Powell and meet obligations to downstream states. The discovered damage inside the important tubes has caused worries among water managers and stakeholders, with calls for re-engineering the dam and re-negotiating agreements for sharing the Colorado River. Fixing the pipes is seen as a short-term solution, with larger changes needed to address the long-term challenges of water management in the region.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by New York Post
Rochester schools closed and residents were advised to boil water after an adult male's body was discovered in the city's reservoir, prompting the reservoir to be disconnected from the public water supply and drained. The man's identity and cause of death are under investigation, and a boil water advisory was issued for a large area of the city. Initial water testing showed no contamination, but ongoing monitoring is being conducted. The reservoir is expected to be out of service for approximately eight weeks, with residents urged to boil tap water before use and distribution centers set up for bottled water.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Democrat & Chronicle
Rochester police are investigating the discovery of a body in the Highland Park reservoir, which led to a boil water advisory and school closures. The body was found by City of Rochester Water Bureau employees and has been turned over to the medical examiner for identification and to determine the cause of death. The reservoir will be drained and cleaned, and there were no water safety issues found in the system.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by The Associated Press
A human body was found in a western New York reservoir that supplies drinking water to parts of Rochester, prompting city officials to advise residents to boil their water before consuming. The reservoir was immediately disconnected from the public water supply, with plans to drain and clean it. The circumstances of the death were not immediately clear, and police were investigating while the medical examiner’s office worked to identify the person. The city issued a boil water advisory as a precaution, and schools were closed due to the advisory.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by WPRI.com
Javier Rivera, a Woonsocket man, drowned while attempting to rescue two people whose canoe capsized in Wenscott Reservoir. Described as selfless and magnetic, Rivera jumped into the water to assist the individuals but struggled to swim back to shore and eventually succumbed to exhaustion. Colleagues remember him as a lovable and positive person who would do anything for others. Rivera is hailed as a hero for giving his life while trying to help people.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Register
An Indian government food inspector, Rajesh Vishwas, has been fined 10,000 rupees ($640) and suspended from his job after he drained a reservoir to recover his $1,200 Samsung phone that he had dropped in it. Vishwas paid for a diesel pump to be brought over and claimed he had verbal permission from another official to drain "some water into a nearby canal" which could be beneficial to nearby "farmers who would have more water." The state irrigation department deemed his actions "illegal" and "punishable under Chhattisgarh's Irrigation Act."
Originally Published 2 years ago — by New York Post
Investigators in the case of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann have seized a number of items from a reservoir in Portugal, but it is too early to determine whether they are connected to the missing girl. German, Portuguese, and British law enforcement took part in the three-day search in the Algarve region of Portugal after a "very credible tip" suggested that convicted rapist Christian Brueckner visited the site in the days after the tot disappeared. Brueckner was officially named a suspect in April 2022 and is behind bars in Germany for the 2005 rape of an elderly woman.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by CNN
An Indian government official has been suspended from his job after he drained a reservoir to retrieve his Samsung phone that he dropped while taking a selfie. Rajesh Vishwas rented a diesel pump to drain more than 2 million liters of water from the Paralkot reservoir over four days, claiming he had permission from a sub-divisional officer. However, his employer suspended him for misusing his position and wasting water during a time of severe heat, claiming he did not receive permission to drain the water.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by New York Post
A government official in India has been suspended after he ordered the Kherkatta reservoir in Chhattisgarh to be drained so he could retrieve his phone that he had dropped in the water while taking a selfie. The pumps ran for three days and emptied 440,000 gallons of water, which is reportedly enough to irrigate nearly 1500 acres of farmland. The phone was eventually found but was not even working. The official claimed he had verbal permission to drain "some water into a nearby canal" and denied misusing his position.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Independent
A three-day search of a remote Portugal reservoir has resulted in the reported discovery of a “relevant clue” linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Officers concluded their search of the Algarve reservoir on Thursday, where key suspect Christian Brueckner reportedly visited “some days” after the three-year-old vanished on May 3, 2007. During the search, a “relevant clue” was found which led to police officers concentrating on a specific paper, according to the Correio de Manhã newspaper. Brueckner has denied any involvement and is currently behind bars in Germany for raping a 72-year-old woman in the same part of Portugal.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Daily Beast
Indian food inspector Rajesh Vishwas drained an entire reservoir to retrieve his Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone, which he had dropped into the water. He used a diesel pump to drain three feet of water, wasting enough water to supply 1,500 acres of crops in an often drought-stricken country. Vishwas has been removed from his job and is facing criticism for his actions.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Business Insider
An Indian food inspector, Rajesh Vishwas, was suspended after he dropped his Samsung phone into the Kherkatta Dam and ordered it to be emptied to retrieve it. Workers pumped millions of liters of water out of the dam, which could have irrigated 1,500 acres of land during the scorching summer. Vishwas claimed the smartphone contained sensitive government information, but it was too waterlogged to work in the end. He denied "misusing" his position, saying the drained water was from an overflow section of the dam and was not "in usable condition."
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Reuters
Portuguese police will search a reservoir in the southern region of Algarve, about 50 km inland from where British three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007, at the request of German authorities who identified German man Christian Brueckner as an official suspect in the case. Brueckner, a convicted child abuser and drug dealer, is currently in jail in Germany for raping a 72-year-old woman in the same area of the Algarve from where Madeleine went missing. Maddie's parents were questioned by Portuguese police as formal suspects in 2007, but police dropped their investigation the following year, citing a lack of evidence, and cleared them of any involvement.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Los Angeles Times
Southern California's largest reservoir, Diamond Valley Lake, is being refilled to its full capacity after being drained during the state's driest three years on record. The refilling is due to the abundance of water from the winter storms that eased drought conditions across the state. The reservoir is a backbone of Southern California's water storage system and holds twice as much water as all of the region's other surface reservoirs combined. However, officials warn that the state's rapid swings from extreme wetness to extreme dryness are becoming more common, and the lake will undoubtedly be needed for dry times again.