Interesting Engineering on MSN11d
What $500M dam removal project on Klamath River teaches about ecological restoration
The most dramatic example of this shift is the dismantling of four dams on the Klamath River, which flows through Northern California and southern Oregon. The $500 million removal project, the largest ...
'Nothing could survive in there': Silt build up choking Grand River near Parkhill Dam, causing concern
Part of the Grand River located near Parkhill Dam has been plagued with severe silt buildup for the last 20 years. It's now ...
Richland Source14h
Mansfield Board of Control OKs $149K sediment study in Clear Fork Reservoir
The Mansfield Board of Control on Tuesday approved a $149K sediment survey of the city-owned Clear Fork Reservoir.
ZME Science on MSN6d
Beavers Built a $1.2M Dam for Free — And Saved a Czech River
The beavers have built at least four dams and they could not have chosen their location better. They built them on a bypass ...
The National Interest4d
Cascading Effects: Will China’s New Dam Create A Himalayan Rift?
Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.
Natural disaster looms over Greenville's Lake Conestee Dam. Replacing it is a race against time.
The effort to replace the aging Lake Conestee Dam south of Greenville and avert a natural disaster is now in full swing after ...
Smith College4y
Bringing Back Paradise
On this day, a sluice gate has been opened at the side of the dam to allow water, and unwanted sediment, to pass through at a controlled flow. At first the waters move slowly downstream, draining the ...
Brattleboro Reformer9y
Townshend: Dam cleanup money runs out
TOWNSHEND >> Four years after Tropical Storm Irene ripped through Vermont, sediment still occupies much of the swimming area of the Townshend dam. Townshend Lake ... So now in 2015 there is a reduced ...