In May 2020, heavy flooding resulted in the catastrophic failure of the Edenville Dam embankment, sending a wall of water ...

A 2019 infrastructure report card gave the state’s levees a "D," citing that despite significant investments, much more work ...

California's levees are a crucial part of its infrastructure, but many of them are in poor condition and not well-maintained, leaving them vulnerable to failure in the event of heavy rainfall or ...

The dams make the region seismic prone increasing ... arrangements including the construction of high-rise embankments using earth, to ensure that wild animals take shelter on these embankments ...

New York State Senator Pete Harckham, along with Assemblymembers Chris Burdick, Dana Levenberg and Matt Slater, announced today the allocation of over $5 million in state grant funding for critical ...

In preparing the foundations, about 8,000 cubic yards were excavated, and an earth embankment was laid against the upstream face of the dam at a slope of 3 : 1, reaching within 27 feet of the ...

With climate-driven disasters on the rise, urgent action is needed to modernise flood resilience strategies worldwide.

His expertise includes design and construction of rural, residential, and forest roads, fish stream crossings, and small earthen embankment dams, as well as residential site development ...

Demolition efforts for the bridge near the failed Rapidan Dam are underway in Blue Earth County. On Wednesday, controlled ...

Multiple explosions demolished the County Road 9 bridge near the Rapidan Dam after last summer's breach that led to the dam's ...

NASA reports that the construction and operation of China's Three Gorges Dam have slightly slowed Earth's rotation by 0.06 microseconds. This effect is due to the redistribution of water mass ...