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

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, ...

Engineers predicted what would happen if Ukraine's Kakhovka Nova dam was breached. The dam was breached for real on Tuesday, and the reality is worse than predicted, one said. Russia and Ukraine are ...

Africa’s largest hydropower project boasts 5,150 MW of generating capacity but has also sparking regional disputes over Blue ...

The recent Lake Mitchell drawdown permit failure was the result of a state agency not communicating with the city-hired engineering firm about the required studies until August, new information shows.

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

A dam that breached twice last year, which left homes flooded in Marlboro County, is getting fixed.Sully Blair, the chairman of the Lake Paul Wallace Authority, provided an update to the Bennettsville ...

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 ...

The Salmon Creek Dam is receiving some much-deserved recognition as the first constant angle concrete arch dam in the country. It is now being dedicated as a National Historic Civil Engineering ...

The Story of the Hoover Dam is a United States Department of the Interior film that explores America’s efforts to harness and ...

Several weeks of little rainfall has been keeping the Twin Tiers and surrounding areas abnormally dry, with areas under a moderate drought as well. The extent of how much rain is needed in the region ...