For our nations’ first engineering force, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, dams and the massive reservoirs of fresh water they preserve, have become an essential element of its overall mission. Allen ...

Water Power Magazine has reported that a new guide has been published addressing the impact of earthquakes on concrete dams. According to the article, Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams shows ...

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to invest in critical upgrades at Mount Morris Dam to ensure the structure remains reliable.

Syphon Reservoir, located in Irvine, Calif., will undergo a significant capital improvement upgrade with engineers COWI and GFT securing a $25M contract for construction management. The Irvine Ranch ...

When the Platte and Missouri river systems could not drain the rain and ice from the "bomb cyclone" weather event in northeast Nebraska in March 2019, the Spencer Dam on the Niobrara River was swept ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has postponed further testing of the Seven Oaks Dam near San Bernardino. The dam was to undergo a series of high pressure releases all this week. Engineers are closing ...

Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device. OROVILLE — The American Society of Civil Engineers has recognized the Oroville Dam rebuild as one of 10 outstanding civil ...

Back when it first happened, we covered the Oroville Dam near-disaster. Heavier-than-expected rainfall in California back in early 2017 led to running the dam’s primary spillway at much ...

Study by civil engineers finds that the history of the Jagersfontein dam deviates from best engineering practice. On 11 September 2022, a diamond mine waste storage facility, known as a tailings dam, ...

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S., has made national headlines recently. The reservoir which lies across Nevada and Arizona is formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. And its water ...

Federal engineers are raising alarms that a “significant flood event” could compromise the spillway of Southern California’s aging Prado Dam and potentially inundate dozens of Orange County ...