China is no stranger to massive civil engineering projects, but its latest hydropower effort is impressively large, even by ...

The Colorado River was a fault line of near-tectonic political forces by the 1920s, as the seven states within its basin continued to grow in population. A 1922 compact allocated water rights from the ...

Beaver Lake has a major birthday next year, the big 6-0. The sparkling reservoir that gives us water to drink and all kinds of outdoor recreation was completed in 1966, but the effort to build Beaver ...

A group pushing to resurrect decades-old plans to build a dam on the Duck River in Columbia, Tennessee, is working with U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles to secure congressional funding to fast-track a feasibility ...

Despite billions being spent on impact assessments around the world, they often end up being just dusty reports on the shelf.

The Chinese government has said it's moving ahead with building a series of dams that will eclipse anything it has built before. The massive hydroelectric project will help the energy-hungry country ...

Over the past two centuries, the construction of thousands of dams has done more than just tame rivers – it has shifted the Earth’s North Pole about a meter from its original position. By storing ...

Another building near the Rapidan Dam in Mankato has been impacted by the recent flooding. The Rapidan Dam Store building has been taken down and removed from the riverbank due to concerns that it ...

Don Ellis overlooked the Teton River as he watched a wall of water break through the newly-completed Teton Dam. It was 11:55 ...