Nts’oli Maiketso shares insights into the design innovations, engineering challenges, and community benefits of the land-mark ...

The Kimball Street dam’s removal shouldn’t affect Elgin’s water supply if Fox River levels drop, but more erosion study needed.

An interim report from the Association of State Dam Safety Officials reports that a clear factor in the failures of two dams built in the 1920s was static liquefaction (flow) instability of saturated, ...

A century after a dam burst in Dolgarrog, killing 16 people, the Welsh village still lives with the legacy that reshaped UK ...

Eliminating obsolete or unsafe dams could help bolster community safety amid climate-induced weather extremes, watershed experts are recommending. Storms and floods have intensified in both frequency ...

Yida Zhang is deeply passionate about assessing the stability of dams, but his approach is unconventional. Rather than studying the large aging structures, his research zeroes in on the tiny sand ...

On the Blue Nile in Ethiopia rises one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in Africa’s history—the Grand Ethiopian ...

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

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When completed in 1930, the structure — stretching 1.5 miles long and rising 210 feet high — was the largest earthen dam in ...