Hydraulic engineering

Dutch post-disaster advisers support the idea of diverting River Acheloos in Epirus as "the most sustainable solution" to alleviate the water scarcity problem that is threatening agricultural production in the Thessaly region of central Greece.

How groundwater depletion affects Earth’s rotational pole

Over a third of Greece's underground water is of poor quality, according to the 2022 annual report from the Hellenic Survey of Geology & Mineral Exploration (EAGME). 

Electricity produced by Türkiye's hydropower plants declined around 30 percent in January-June due to drought, while more drop in power generation is likely in August, according to a trading group.

The drilling of water wells to a depth of a minimum of 400 meters in the expansive agricultural lands of Konya Plain, Türkiye's breadbasket spanning 2.2 million hectares, has raised concerns, as sector representatives fear that excessive groundwater extraction will jeopardize the region's agricultural sector.

Hydroelectricity production fell 50% in the province of Sichuan, which provides 21% of China’s hydropower

To prevent power outages, authorities in Sichuan province, which relies on hydropower, have ordered factories to halt operations

The upper house of the Federation entity parliament on Thursday confirmed changes to the entity's Law on Electricity to ban the building of small hydropower plants up to 10 MWh because of their negative impact on the environment.

Water levels in the dams supplying Istanbul have reached 84 percent, the highest rate measured in the last 12 months, thanks to the latest rainfalls.

Data from the Istanbul Water and Sewage Administration (İSKİ) showed that the rise in the water level reached 5 percent in one week.

Recent snowfall has been good news for Turkey's most crowded metropolis of Istanbul, as the province was troubled by drought fears last year.

Water levels in the dams supplying the city have reached 64.66 percent thanks to the precipitation and melting of snowdrifts.