Two dams in Washington state are being actively monitored by the Washington Department of Ecology’s dam safety division, as sustained rain has swelled and battered them with debris. Over the past week ...

The Army Corps of Engineers was able to reduce flooding on the Skagit River with emergency operations of two hydropower dams upstream. Big dams have big downsides, including killing salmon and ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Healey-Driscoll Administration has announced $350,000 in funding for dam removal studies across seven municipalities in Massachusetts. The studies, managed by the Department of ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The state will help seven communities study the benefits of removing old dams, including ones in Easthampton, Westfield and West Springfield. The goal, according to the ...

'Tis the season for ice dams, Wisconsin. When icicles hang from the edge of your home's roof after snowfall, it's a sign this fickle, recurring winter concern might be plotting a leak into your home.

Winter is here and it's getting icy. But people shouldn't just look out for ice on the roads — they also should be checking for ice in their gutters. If left unchecked, water from melting ice can leak ...

The Insane Plan to Dam the North Sea examines the Northern European Enclosure Dam and its potential to mitigate rising sea levels. The video covers the feasibility of constructing this massive dam, ...

After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature. A ...

NEWBURGH — The environmental group Riverkeeper will begin deconstructing the Holden Dam on Quassaick Creek in Orange County next fall, thanks to a $4 million grant from the National Coastal Resilience ...

For well over a century, fish making spawning runs up the Naugatuck River have had their journey cut short just 16 miles inland at the Kinneytown Dam in Ansonia. Above the dam, the river flows ...

Water quality problems caused by six of Consumers Energy Co.'s 13 hydroelectric dams threaten to complicate the utility's controversial plan to sell the dams to a Maryland private equity company. The ...