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

The Glen Canyon Dam near Page, Ariz. A proposal to decommission it has support from farmers as well as environmentalists. This summer, the first of four dams on the West’s Klamath River was destroyed, ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority's dam safety team is celebrating the performance of Nolichucky Dam, though leaders say the surrounding landscape will take years to restore after the 111-year-old ...

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 ...

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Across the world, large dams stand as some of humanity’s most ambitious engineering achievements. They are built not only to generate electricity, but to control floods, support agriculture, and ...

The Penacook Lake dam in Concord was assessed to be in poor condition in 2022. (Dana Wormald | New Hampshire Bulletin) Experts predict an increase in extreme precipitation events through the next ...

Federal officials are quietly warning that one of the country’s most important dams is approaching a tipping point not seen ...

A conversation with Christopher Cox, who wrote about the near-failure of the Oroville Dam and whether it could happen again. By Soumya Karlamangla Perhaps you’ve heard that climate change in ...