Today, there are over 30,000 dams in the world. Most of them are created according to standard projects and are designed to ...

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A dam without a spillway is a disaster waiting to happen. Learn how these vital structures control floods, balance water ...

The earthen dam is located in a park east of Alpine Road. How does the dam work? Alpine Dam includes a swampy water basin, a gate that controls how much water is released into Keith Creek, a tall hill ...

Generally speaking, it's best to ensure that water and electricity stay far away from each other. Though water itself doesn't conduct electricity very well, the ions that are in play (in swimming ...

CENTRAL TEXAS — The Highland Lakes, their flows and storage units are extremely important to the Hill Country and Austin metro. Lakes Travis and Buchanan -- the region's water supply reservoirs -- ...

After identifying a potential issue, crews began maintenance work Friday on some of the valves in the Nambe Dam located in ...

SOLON SPRINGS — Built by the Works Progress Administration and completed in 1936, the Gordon Flowage Dam is starting to show its age. The problem was discovered during a routine dam inspection in 2023 ...

The tug Theresa L. Wood heads upstream after locking through Lock and Dam #8 in May in Genoa, Wis. The vessel was moving barges from St. Louis to Winona, Minn. The locks allow the boats to gradually ...

Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...