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

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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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On a cold, gray day in late March, the mountains on the drive to the Yusufeli hydroelectric dam project site in northeastern Turkey seem ominous. With the highest of these rising more than 3,000 ...

The Association of State Dam Safety Officials says in a new report that the overall cost of upgrading dams that the federal government does not own or operate more than doubled over the past year, to ...