There has long been a concern among civil engineers that dams could fail days or weeks after an earthquake, even if no immediate evidence of a problem surfaced. Their concern has focused on possible ...

A team investigating the Oroville Dam spillway breach in February said it has not seen evidence that a comprehensive review of its construction and design has ever been conducted since it was built ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Every region of the country seems to have its own dangerous waterway. In the Quad City region, it seems the Milan Steel Dam is the number one spot. Below are just a few of the stories ...

A dam safety task force recommended changes after flooding in mid-Michigan in 2020. The legislation "went nowhere," the task ...

The Colorado River was a fault line of near-tectonic political forces by the 1920s, as the seven states within its basin continued to grow in population. A 1922 compact allocated water rights from the ...

Buffeted by torrential El Niño downpours, menaced by naturally occurring asbestos and threatened by a major nearby fault, the team constructing the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project in the mountains ...

The company said it hadn't abandoned earlier plans, the focus of a Minnesota DNR review on whether the mining permit should be denied. Plans for the NorthMet project include building dams to increase ...

LEXINGTON, S.C. — The Town of Lexington has released a new rendering of the Gibson Pond Dam that's under construction during 2020. The Gibson Pond Dam was washed out during the October floods of 2015.

SCRANTON – Lackawanna County hired a firm to design and engineer the eventual reconstruction of the No. 5 Dam on Montage Mountain, an important safety project supported by federal funds. Built between ...

This video showcases a mini hydroelectric construction project, highlighting the principles of dam design and hydroelectric ...