Category: Flood Control and Drainage Engineering

The Hague Plans 200-Meter-Wide Dune Belt to Combat Sea Level Rise

The Hague, Netherlands, released a coastal management vision covering up to 2100 and beyond at the e...

2026-07-07

U.S. House of Representatives Approves $155 Million for California's Sacramento River Basin

The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a $155 million authorization on ...

2026-07-07

Michigan Senate Advances Bill to Raise Flood Standards for 90 High-Hazard Dams

The Michigan Senate has passed legislation increasing the flood flow capacity that dams must withsta...

2026-07-07

Michels Corporation Advances Water Injection Dredging Demonstration Project in Kansas, USA

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Kansas City District, in partnership with the Kansas Water ...

2026-07-07

US Army Corps of Engineers Begins Final Phase of Grand Strand Beach Nourishment Construction

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District has commenced the final phase of construction f...

2026-07-07

China Develops Three-Modal Termite Monitoring Device with 99.95% Recognition Rate

Water conservancy projects are critical infrastructure for ensuring national flood control safety, w...

2026-07-06

China's Gansu Secures 8.938 Billion Yuan in Water Conservancy Construction Investment in First Half of Year

As of June 30, China's Gansu Province had secured a total of 8.938 billion yuan in various water con...

2026-07-06

South African National Space Agency Launches Three Earth Observation Decision Support Tools

The South African National Space Agency (Sansa) has launched three Earth observation decision suppor...

2026-07-05

Bangladesh FFWC: Brahmaputra and Meghna River Basins May Face Flooding in July-August

Bangladesh's Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) has issued a warning that the Brahmaputra a...

2026-07-05

Brazil's ANA Report: 213 Priority Dams and 6% Shortage of Inspectors

The National Water and Basic Sanitation Agency (Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico, ANA) ...

2026-07-05

Ghana's IMANI Think Tank Vice Chair Suggests Adopting Dutch Technology for Wetland Development

Kofi Bentil, Vice Chair of Ghanaian policy think tank IMANI Africa, stated on July 4, 2026, that Gha...

2026-07-05

World Bank Launches $119.2 Million Flood Control Project in Itajaí Valley, Brazil

The World Bank-supported flood control project in Brazil's Itajaí Valley has officially been launche...

2026-07-04

National Trust and United Utilities launch two-year leaky dam flood prevention plan

The National Trust and United Utilities have initiated a two-year natural flood management project o...

2026-07-04

China South-to-North Water Diversion Group Holds Talks with Xinjiang Autonomous Region on Deepening Water Conservancy Cooperation

On July 2, Wang Annan, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chairman of China South-to-North ...

2026-07-03

Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Politburo Officially Deploys Flood Control and Drought Relief Work

The meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee held on June 3...

2026-07-03

Surf City, USA 6-Mile Beach Nourishment Project Receives Federal Approval

The Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project in Surf City, USA has received federal approval and...

2026-07-03

South Africa's Clanwilliam Dam Wall Raising Project reaches 47% completion, cost R7 billion

Despite severe delays due to funding shortages, COVID-19 disruptions, contractor procurement issues,...

2026-07-03

French Suez Group consortium wins $2.3 billion water project in Oman

The French Suez Group consortium recently won a 15-year water treatment operation and maintenance co...

2026-07-03

China and Kazakhstan Upgrade Water Talent Cooperation Program, Aiming to Train 200 Experts by End of 2026

Kazakhstan and China have recently upgraded their strategic cooperation in the water sector, establi...

2026-07-03

China Road and Bridge Corporation Signs Contracts for Upgrading Cambodia National Road No. 1 and Bavet Customs

The Cambodia branch of China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) recently signed a commercial contrac...

2026-07-03

Ghana Government Announces Demolition of Buildings on Six Wetlands in Accra

The Ghanaian government has announced the demolition of illegal structures on six wetlands in the ca...

2026-07-02

Manatee County, Florida, to Launch $6.18 Million Beach Nourishment Project in November

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners has approved $6.18 million in Tourist Development T...

2026-07-01

Singapore's 'Long Island' Project to Begin 570-Hectare Land Reclamation Preparations by End of 2026

Singapore's east coast is set to welcome a major coastal protection project. The Urban Redevelopment...

2026-07-01

Hikvision Solution Deployed in Muçum, Brazil Improves Water Level Accuracy by 80%

The municipality of Muçum in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, has improved water level information accurac...

2026-07-01

Itaquera District Advances Rio Verde Stream Flood Control Project

The flood control and drainage project for the Córrego Rio Verde (also known as Córrego Jacu) in the...

2026-06-30

U.S. Congress Releases the Water Resources Development Act of 2026

Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Sam Graves (R-MO), Ranking...

2026-06-30

Laval, Canada installs 2.4-meter diameter pipes for flood control

The city of Laval, Canada, is installing giant water pipes with a diameter of 2.4 meters on Marc Str...

2026-06-29

US Army Corps of Engineers Spends $27.495 Million on Beach Nourishment in Venice, Florida

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has initiated a beach nourishment project in the City of Ve...

2026-06-29

UK Flood Forecasting Centre: Number of properties at high risk from surface water flooding three times that from rivers and sea

The UK Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC), a partnership between the Environment Agency and the Met Offi...

2026-06-28

Mississauga, Canada Invests Over $170 Million in Transportation and Stormwater Projects

The City of Mississauga, Canada, plans to invest over $170 million in transportation and stormwater ...

2026-06-28
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