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🌊⚡ Exciting news for #OceanEnergy! The €4M FOREST project has launched, uniting 8 🇪🇺 partners to develop subsea tech & digital solutions for more reliable, efficient, and sustainable ocean energy systems. Coordinated by EMEC 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/horizon... #Renewables #MarineEnergy
Horizon Europe funds FOREST project to advance ocean energy technologies - International Water Power
The FOREST (Future Ocean Renewable Energy System Technologies) project has launched with support from the European Commission
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November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🌊⚡ Exciting news for #OceanEnergy! The €4M FOREST project has launched, uniting 8 🇪🇺 partners to develop subsea tech & digital solutions for more reliable, efficient, and sustainable ocean energy systems. Coordinated by EMEC 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/horizon... #Renewables #MarineEnergy
💧POWERCHINA has completed and formally handed over Section II of Bolivia’s 🇧🇴 Ivirizu Hydropower Station, the country’s largest hydropower project to date 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/powerch... #Hydropower #Renewables
POWERCHINA hands over Bolivia’s largest hydropower project - International Water Power
POWERCHINA has completed and formally handed over Section II of Bolivia’s Ivirizu Hydropower Station, the country’s largest hydropower project
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November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
💧POWERCHINA has completed and formally handed over Section II of Bolivia’s 🇧🇴 Ivirizu Hydropower Station, the country’s largest hydropower project to date 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/powerch... #Hydropower #Renewables
🌊⚡Hydropower is still the “forgotten giant of electricity,” says IEA’s Fatih Birol. Generating 14% of global power - more than nuclear & equal to all solar+wind - hydro is key for flexible, low-cost, low-emission energy 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/ieas-fa... #Hydropower #CleanEnergy
IEA’s Fatih Birol calls for renewed focus on hydropower: “the forgotten giant of electricity” - International Water Power
The Executive Director of the IEA, Fatih Birol, has renewed his call to give hydropower the attention it deserves
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November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🌊⚡Hydropower is still the “forgotten giant of electricity,” says IEA’s Fatih Birol. Generating 14% of global power - more than nuclear & equal to all solar+wind - hydro is key for flexible, low-cost, low-emission energy 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/ieas-fa... #Hydropower #CleanEnergy
🚨 A drone & missile strike has damaged the Belgorod Reservoir dam in western Russia, causing a 1m drop in water levels & uncontrolled leakage. Emergency crews are on-site amid flood risks. Repairs could take several weeks 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/ukraini... #Hydropower #WaterSecurity
Ukrainian strike damages Russian Dam in Belgorod Region - International Water Power
A dam on the Belgorod Reservoir in western Russia was damaged following what officials described as a Ukrainian drone and missile strike
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October 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🚨 A drone & missile strike has damaged the Belgorod Reservoir dam in western Russia, causing a 1m drop in water levels & uncontrolled leakage. Emergency crews are on-site amid flood risks. Repairs could take several weeks 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/ukraini... #Hydropower #WaterSecurity
Vattenfall is going fossil-free ⚡️🌍 The Swedish utility has ordered fossil-free steel from SSAB to build a new dam gate at Stornorrfors, using HYBRIT technology powered by hydrogen and renewable electricity. Installation set for 2028! 💧🔩 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/vattenf... #Hydropower
Vattenfall orders fossil-free steel for Stornorrfors dam gate - International Water Power
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has ordered 120 tons of fossil-free steel from SSAB AB to build a new dam gate for Stornorrfors
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October 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Vattenfall is going fossil-free ⚡️🌍 The Swedish utility has ordered fossil-free steel from SSAB to build a new dam gate at Stornorrfors, using HYBRIT technology powered by hydrogen and renewable electricity. Installation set for 2028! 💧🔩 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/vattenf... #Hydropower
🇻🇳💧 GUGLER commissions the Na An hydropower plant in Vietnam! 10.4 MW from 2 Kaplan turbines 🌊⚡ 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/na-an-h... #Hydropower #Renewables
Na An hydropower project commissioned in Vietnam - International Water Power
GUGLER Water Turbines GmbH has completed and commissioned the Na An hydropower plant in Vietnam
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October 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🇻🇳💧 GUGLER commissions the Na An hydropower plant in Vietnam! 10.4 MW from 2 Kaplan turbines 🌊⚡ 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/na-an-h... #Hydropower #Renewables
🌟 Kelly Schaeffer has been recognised for her outstanding leadership and contributions to the Women in Hydropower (WIH) Mentorship Program - a global initiative empowering women in the hydropower industry! 💧🙌🌍 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/kleinsc... #Hydropower #WomenInHydropower
Kleinschmidt Associates highlights Kelly Schaeffer’s role in empowering women across hydropower industry - International Water Power
Kleinschmidt Associates has recognised Kelly Schaeffer for her leadership and contributions to the Women in Hydropower Mentorship Program
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October 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🌟 Kelly Schaeffer has been recognised for her outstanding leadership and contributions to the Women in Hydropower (WIH) Mentorship Program - a global initiative empowering women in the hydropower industry! 💧🙌🌍 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/kleinsc... #Hydropower #WomenInHydropower
Queensland’s new Energy Roadmap targets $26bn in savings with a forward-thinking mix of coal, gas, renewables, batteries, & pumped hydro 🚀🔋🌱. New investment funds and smart planning promise reliability and a cleaner future! 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/queensl... #Hydropower #EnergyTransition
Queensland Energy Roadmap outlines reliability-focused transition, with pumped storage part of firming mix - International Water Power
The Crisafulli Government has released its Energy Roadmap 2025, outlining a strategy to improve Queensland’s existing energy assets
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October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Queensland’s new Energy Roadmap targets $26bn in savings with a forward-thinking mix of coal, gas, renewables, batteries, & pumped hydro 🚀🔋🌱. New investment funds and smart planning promise reliability and a cleaner future! 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/queensl... #Hydropower #EnergyTransition
Global hydropower is entering a new phase 🌊⚡ - @iea.org forecasts +154 GW by 2030, with pumped storage leading growth as renewables soar. China drives 60% of PSH expansion, Africa & LatAm power ahead too. 🌍 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/hydropo... #Hydropower #PumpedStorage #RenewableEnergy
Hydropower sees renewed momentum as pumped storage surges in IEA’s Renewables 2025 Outlook - International Water Power
Global hydropower development is entering a new phase, with the latest IEA Renewables 2025 report forecasting steady growth
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October 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Global hydropower is entering a new phase 🌊⚡ - @iea.org forecasts +154 GW by 2030, with pumped storage leading growth as renewables soar. China drives 60% of PSH expansion, Africa & LatAm power ahead too. 🌍 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/hydropo... #Hydropower #PumpedStorage #RenewableEnergy
Water meets crypto 💧 - PicWe launches world’s first hydropower-backed digital investment product, with ~20% yield from Kyrgyzstan’s Isfayram plant ⚡💰 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/picwe-a... #DigitalAssets #Hydropower #RenewableEnergy #Blockchain
PicWe and Isfayram launch hydropower-backed digital investment platform - International Water Power
PicWe, a blockchain-based real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure provider, has partnered with the Isfayram Hydropower Project in Kyrgyzstan
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October 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Water meets crypto 💧 - PicWe launches world’s first hydropower-backed digital investment product, with ~20% yield from Kyrgyzstan’s Isfayram plant ⚡💰 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/picwe-a... #DigitalAssets #Hydropower #RenewableEnergy #Blockchain
🇮🇳💧India's CEA has finalised a Master Plan to submit up to 76 GW of hydro and pumped storage power from the Brahmaputra Basin, the country’s most resource-rich river system 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/indias-... #Hydropower #CleanEnergy #RenewableEnergy #SustainableDevelopment
India’s CEA outlines transmission master plan for 76GW of hydro and pumped storage in Brahmaputra Basin - International Water Power
The CEA in India has finalised a detailed Master Plan for Evacuation of Power from Hydroelectric Plants in the Brahmaputra Basin
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October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🇮🇳💧India's CEA has finalised a Master Plan to submit up to 76 GW of hydro and pumped storage power from the Brahmaputra Basin, the country’s most resource-rich river system 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/indias-... #Hydropower #CleanEnergy #RenewableEnergy #SustainableDevelopment
How loud is a tidal turbine? 🎧
EMEC has completed drifting acoustic surveys around Orbital Marine’s O2 turbine in Orkney - part of the #FORWARD2030 project to assess marine impacts and build confidence in clean ocean power 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/emec-co... #TidalEnergy
EMEC has completed drifting acoustic surveys around Orbital Marine’s O2 turbine in Orkney - part of the #FORWARD2030 project to assess marine impacts and build confidence in clean ocean power 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/emec-co... #TidalEnergy
EMEC conducts acoustic monitoring of Orbital O2 to advance environmental assessment of tidal turbines - International Water Power
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has completed a series of drifting acoustic surveys around Orbital Marine Power’s O2
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October 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
How loud is a tidal turbine? 🎧
EMEC has completed drifting acoustic surveys around Orbital Marine’s O2 turbine in Orkney - part of the #FORWARD2030 project to assess marine impacts and build confidence in clean ocean power 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/emec-co... #TidalEnergy
EMEC has completed drifting acoustic surveys around Orbital Marine’s O2 turbine in Orkney - part of the #FORWARD2030 project to assess marine impacts and build confidence in clean ocean power 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/emec-co... #TidalEnergy
🇪🇺💡 The EU is investing €545M to accelerate Africa’s renewable energy transition under the Team Europe initiative. Projects include hydropower, solar, wind & geothermal, plus transmission & electrification programs 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/europea... #CleanEnergy #Africa #Hydropower
European Commission launches €545 million package to expand renewables in Africa, with hydropower included - International Water Power
The EC has announced a €545 million funding package under its Team Europe initiative to accelerate renewable energy transition in Africa
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October 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🇪🇺💡 The EU is investing €545M to accelerate Africa’s renewable energy transition under the Team Europe initiative. Projects include hydropower, solar, wind & geothermal, plus transmission & electrification programs 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/europea... #CleanEnergy #Africa #Hydropower
🇪🇺 EU extends hydropower equipment survey deadline to end October. More companies needed for strong sector data in CETO report & Net Zero Industry Act. Open to EU & global firms 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/eu-exte... #Hydropower #CleanEnergy
Access the survey: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Access the survey: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
EU extends hydropower manufacturing survey to October 2025 - International Water Power
The EC has extended the deadline for its survey on the manufacturing capacity of hydropower equipment producers until October 2025.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🇪🇺 EU extends hydropower equipment survey deadline to end October. More companies needed for strong sector data in CETO report & Net Zero Industry Act. Open to EU & global firms 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/eu-exte... #Hydropower #CleanEnergy
Access the survey: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Access the survey: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
💧🇦🇹 Austria’s Stegenwald run-of-river hydropower plant on the Salzach River is now in operation! Featuring a new turbine concept, it’s built to operate for 90+ years 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/stegenw... #Hydropower #CleanEnergy
Stegenwald hydropower plant officially opened - International Water Power
VERBUND and Salzburg AG have officially opened the new Stegenwald power plant on the Salzach River in Austria
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October 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
💧🇦🇹 Austria’s Stegenwald run-of-river hydropower plant on the Salzach River is now in operation! Featuring a new turbine concept, it’s built to operate for 90+ years 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/stegenw... #Hydropower #CleanEnergy
RMI has launched its Global Women in Clean Energy 🌍👩💡 with cohorts in Africa & Indonesia, building women’s technical + leadership skills in clean energy, including hydropower 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/rmi-lau... #WomenInEnergy #RenewableEnergy
RMI launches global Women in Clean Energy Fellowship in Africa and Indonesia - International Water Power
RMI has launched its Global Women in Clean Energy (GWiCE) Fellowship under the Energy Transition Academy (ETA)
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September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
RMI has launched its Global Women in Clean Energy 🌍👩💡 with cohorts in Africa & Indonesia, building women’s technical + leadership skills in clean energy, including hydropower 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/rmi-lau... #WomenInEnergy #RenewableEnergy
🇵🇰 Pakistan’s Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project 🌊⚡, once a clean energy flagship, has been declared a failure in a performance audit completed for the 2022-23 fiscal year 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/audit-d... #HydroPower
Audit declares Neelum Jhelum hydropower project a failure - International Water Power
The Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project has been declared a failure by the Auditor-General of Pakistan in a scathing performance audit
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September 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🇵🇰 Pakistan’s Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project 🌊⚡, once a clean energy flagship, has been declared a failure in a performance audit completed for the 2022-23 fiscal year 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/audit-d... #HydroPower
✅ Bakun Hydroelectric Project in Sarawak earns Silver Hydropower Sustainability Standard! 🥈
🌱 Strong ESG practices, community engagement & environmental management set a benchmark for responsible hydropower 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/bakun-h... #Hydropower #Sustainability
🌱 Strong ESG practices, community engagement & environmental management set a benchmark for responsible hydropower 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/bakun-h... #Hydropower #Sustainability
Bakun hydroelectric plant receives silver certification for sustainability - International Water Power
The Bakun Hydroelectric Project in Sarawak, Malaysia, has been awarded Silver certification under the Hydropower Sustainability Standard
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September 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
✅ Bakun Hydroelectric Project in Sarawak earns Silver Hydropower Sustainability Standard! 🥈
🌱 Strong ESG practices, community engagement & environmental management set a benchmark for responsible hydropower 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/bakun-h... #Hydropower #Sustainability
🌱 Strong ESG practices, community engagement & environmental management set a benchmark for responsible hydropower 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/bakun-h... #Hydropower #Sustainability
The 16MW Zarchob-3 Hydropower Plant on Uzbekistan’s Tupalang River is now online, adding clean energy to the grid with 70 million kWh annually! ⚡🌿 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/zarchob... #Hydropower #RenewableEnergy #Uzbekistan
Zarchob-3 hydropower plant connected to grid in Uzbekistan - International Water Power
The Zarchob-3 Hydropower Plant on the Tupalang River in Uzbekistan has been successfully connected to the national grid
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September 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The 16MW Zarchob-3 Hydropower Plant on Uzbekistan’s Tupalang River is now online, adding clean energy to the grid with 70 million kWh annually! ⚡🌿 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/zarchob... #Hydropower #RenewableEnergy #Uzbekistan
🌊⚡ Researchers at Idaho & Argonne National Labs, funded by USDOE WPTO, have developed HydroBoost - an optimisation software tool designed to help hydropower operators forecast revenues & storage needs more realistically 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/hydrobo... #Hydropower
HydroBoost: new tool aims to improve hydropower revenue forecasting - International Water Power
Researchers at INL and ANL, with funding from the Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office, have developed HydroBoost
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August 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🌊⚡ Researchers at Idaho & Argonne National Labs, funded by USDOE WPTO, have developed HydroBoost - an optimisation software tool designed to help hydropower operators forecast revenues & storage needs more realistically 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/hydrobo... #Hydropower
💧 Students can apply now for the 2026 Hydropower Collegiate Competition! ⚡ $320K in prizes, clean energy solutions, careers in hydropower. Deadline Fall 2025 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/applica... #Hydropower #STEM
Applications open for 2026 Hydropower Collegiate Competition - International Water Power
The US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office has opened applications for the 2026 Hydropower Collegiate Competition
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August 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
💧 Students can apply now for the 2026 Hydropower Collegiate Competition! ⚡ $320K in prizes, clean energy solutions, careers in hydropower. Deadline Fall 2025 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/applica... #Hydropower #STEM
🌊 Big news for wave energy in Taiwan!
Eco Wave Power’s partner I-KE has secured exclusive rights at Suao Port for Taiwan's 🇹🇼 first 100kW onshore wave power pilot 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/wave-en... #WaveEnergy #Renewables #Taiwan
Eco Wave Power’s partner I-KE has secured exclusive rights at Suao Port for Taiwan's 🇹🇼 first 100kW onshore wave power pilot 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/wave-en... #WaveEnergy #Renewables #Taiwan
Wave energy pilot station coming to Suao Port, Taiwan - International Water Power
Eco Wave Power has announced that its partner, I-KE International, has won a land use tender by the Suao Port Company
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August 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🌊 Big news for wave energy in Taiwan!
Eco Wave Power’s partner I-KE has secured exclusive rights at Suao Port for Taiwan's 🇹🇼 first 100kW onshore wave power pilot 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/wave-en... #WaveEnergy #Renewables #Taiwan
Eco Wave Power’s partner I-KE has secured exclusive rights at Suao Port for Taiwan's 🇹🇼 first 100kW onshore wave power pilot 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/wave-en... #WaveEnergy #Renewables #Taiwan
🌊⚡ DEWA begins trial ops at Dubai’s first pumped-storage hydro plant in Hatta 🏔️.
🔋 250MW capacity | 1,500MWh storage | 80-year lifespan
🌱 Supports Dubai Clean Energy & Net-Zero 2050 goals 🌞 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/hatta-b... #CleanEnergy #Dubai #Hydropower #Sustainability
🔋 250MW capacity | 1,500MWh storage | 80-year lifespan
🌱 Supports Dubai Clean Energy & Net-Zero 2050 goals 🌞 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/hatta-b... #CleanEnergy #Dubai #Hydropower #Sustainability
Hatta begins exporting electricity to Dubai - International Water Power
DEWA has started trial operations and electricity exports from the new pumped storage hydroelectric power plant in Hatta.
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August 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🌊⚡ DEWA begins trial ops at Dubai’s first pumped-storage hydro plant in Hatta 🏔️.
🔋 250MW capacity | 1,500MWh storage | 80-year lifespan
🌱 Supports Dubai Clean Energy & Net-Zero 2050 goals 🌞 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/hatta-b... #CleanEnergy #Dubai #Hydropower #Sustainability
🔋 250MW capacity | 1,500MWh storage | 80-year lifespan
🌱 Supports Dubai Clean Energy & Net-Zero 2050 goals 🌞 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/hatta-b... #CleanEnergy #Dubai #Hydropower #Sustainability
🚨 The US House of Representatives has passed the Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act - a bipartisan bill to boost transparency, cut delays at FERC, and support clean, reliable hydropower ⚡💧 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/house-p... #CleanEnergy #Hydropower
House passes Schrier Bill to improve hydropower licensing transparency - International Water Power
The House of Representatives has passed the Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Rep. Kim Schrier
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August 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨 The US House of Representatives has passed the Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act - a bipartisan bill to boost transparency, cut delays at FERC, and support clean, reliable hydropower ⚡💧 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/house-p... #CleanEnergy #Hydropower
🚨 Entura's Paul Southcott has been appointed Convenor of ANCOLD’s new Working Group on Dam Instrumentation & Monitoring, leading updates to guidelines ensuring safer, more sustainable dams across Australia. 💧 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/enturas... #DamSafety #WaterManagement
Entura’s Paul Southcott to lead new ANCOLD dam monitoring working group - International Water Power
Paul Southcott has been appointed Convenor of ANCOLD newly formed Guidelines for Dam Instrumentation and Monitoring Systems Working Group.
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August 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🚨 Entura's Paul Southcott has been appointed Convenor of ANCOLD’s new Working Group on Dam Instrumentation & Monitoring, leading updates to guidelines ensuring safer, more sustainable dams across Australia. 💧 🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/enturas... #DamSafety #WaterManagement