With America’s dams showing their age, utilities have an opportunity to tap into federal funding and modernize critical concrete infrastructure before costly failures strike. In the U.S., hydropower ...

In the early hours of December 14, 2005, high atop Proffit Mountain in the Missouri Ozarks, a triangular section on the northwest side of the Taum Sauk Dam Upper Reservoir failed, discharging 1 ...

Concrete dam engineering involves a multidisciplinary approach to ensure structural integrity, durability and safety. Recent advancements have focused on understanding the complex interplay between ...

I’ve always wondered what the concrete dam-like structure is on Junction creek by the river trail where Junction Creek comes into the Animas River. Is it some type of device to stop fish from swimming ...

Dam removal begins in early November on War Eagle Creek near Huntsville. (Courtesy photo/Arkansas Game and Fish) A crew from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service used a hydraulic hammer Nov. 1 to cut a ...

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Rock arch rapids would replace two 1937-era concrete dams, one of which would serve as the outlet for Lake Calhoun and the other on the diversion channel or Kandiyohi County Ditch 20. Vo Naw, left, ...