River Renaissance
Once dismissed as radical, dam removal is increasingly being viewed as a viable option for resolving the safety and aging dams. By participating in a growing number of dam removal projects,...
Short Takes: Registration Open for Dam Removal Workshops
Erratum for Short Takes: Registration Open for Dam Removal Workshops
Flood Protection: Dam Modifications Begin in Sacramento
Dams: Plan to Restore Salmon Calls for Removable Spillway Weirs
A Better Barrier
Seepage problems have troubled the Walter F. George Lock and Dam, on the Chattahoochee River, for more than 40 years. Construction of a deep positive cutoff wall is nearing completion,...
Bridges: Hoover Dam Bypass Project Gets Under Way
Dams: Two Dams Fail in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Environmental Engineering: Agencies Propose Breaching Montana's Milltown Dam to Restore Aquifer
Dams: Prado Expansion Begins in July
Dams: Coursier Dam Being Removed in Northwest
Environmental Restoration: Conservation Groups to Remove Dams on Penobscot River
Dams: Tunneling Begins for Controversial Icelandic Hydro Project
Dams: Second Phase Completed at Three Gorges Dam
Pressure Relief
When the two basins making up a 90 acre reservoir in New York needed to be emptied and cleaned, engineers decided to use the 2,750 ft (840 m) long concrete wall dividing them as a dam....
Water Resources: Corps and Nature Conservancy Join Forces on Dam Control
Dams: Foundation Work Begins on Lock Replacement
Panel Discussion: Synthesis - What Does It All Mean?
This final panel and group discussion revisted topics from all of the week's sessions. It was acknowledged that the conference has addressed the threat of terrorism to diverse systems...
Dams: Portugal to Fill Largest Reservoir in Europe
A Dam for a Dam
The General Electric (GE) Dam in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was more than a century old when it began leaking excessively in December 1998. Operations staff for the dam owner�the Minneapolis-based...
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