For generations, the presence of Hoover Dam and its massive power plant routinely translated into cheap electricity for cities, farmers, irrigation districts and other major electrical energy users in ...

Blocking the narrow waterway between Russia and Alaska could help stabilize a vulnerable system of ocean currents, scientists found in a study. By Raymond Zhong Brightening clouds. Refreezing the ...

Federal officials have sent a letter that orders the corporate owner in the public-private partnership at Cheboygan Lock and Dam Complex to bring an engineer on site, restore the powerhouse operations ...

Officials with El Paso Water issued an urgent update on escalating risks at Cement Lake Dam, also known as Portland Reservoir, as engineers observe signs that could indicate a potential dam ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The potential break of the earthen dam—also known as the Portland ...

Glen Canyon Dam, completed in 1963, was not designed to be operated at extremely low water levels in Lake Powell. The decline of Lake Powell is putting hydropower generation and downstream water ...

Nineteen people were killed when a tailings dam attached to an iron mine in Mariana collapsed, smothering whole villages in toxic sludge and poisoning the Doce River in what is Brazil’s worst ...

CHEBOYGAN, MI — Federal regulators ordered a sweeping round of engineering reviews and safety assessments at dams near Black Lake and Cheboygan after flooding caused debris jams, gate problems, ...

Last month, Western NSW water users learned that a proposal to increase Burrendong Dam's capacity to improve water security had been abandoned. The NSW government has been investigating options to ...

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The recent inclement weather, which has caused flooding and damage in some communities, is also bringing much-needed relief to water supplies. Water levels continue to drop at Knysna’s Akkerkloof Dam, ...