Today, there are over 30,000 dams in the world. Most of them are created according to standard projects and are designed to ...

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CENTRAL TEXAS — The Highland Lakes, their flows and storage units are extremely important to the Hill Country and Austin metro. Lakes Travis and Buchanan -- the region's water supply reservoirs -- ...

Generally speaking, it's best to ensure that water and electricity stay far away from each other. Though water itself doesn't conduct electricity very well, the ions that are in play (in swimming ...

The earthen dam is located in a park east of Alpine Road. How does the dam work? Alpine Dam includes a swampy water basin, a gate that controls how much water is released into Keith Creek, a tall hill ...

Aug. 19—While many are looking back in time at the circumstances that led to the construction of Libby Dam, 2025 has seen a number of projects that will help shape the future of the region. Chief ...

In August 2025, the state government declared the Paradise Dam rebuild would be a Coordinated Project, a move it said would ...

Today, there are over 30,000 dams in the world. Most of them are created according to standard projects and are designed to help the population with agriculture. But one of them is completely unique ...

The tug Theresa L. Wood heads upstream after locking through Lock and Dam #8 in May in Genoa, Wis. The vessel was moving barges from St. Louis to Winona, Minn. The locks allow the boats to gradually ...

Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...