The Lake of the Ozarks stretches for more than 54,000 acres in southern Missouri. The Bagnell Dam, which created the lake and several new waterways in 1931, holds back 600 billion gallons of water ...

Concrete dam and spillway structure located at the Watts Bar Lock and Dam Project in Tennessee, jointly operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Tennessee Valley Authority. (Dr.

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 ...

In the early hours of December 14, 2005, high atop Proffit Mountain in the Missouri Ozarks, a triangular section on the northwest side of the Taum Sauk Dam Upper Reservoir failed, discharging 1 ...

May 31 (UPI) --When it comes to repairing the tallest dam in America, sometimes it helps to shrink the problem to a more manageable size. That's why California water officials are relying on a scale ...

With America’s dams showing their age, utilities have an opportunity to tap into federal funding and modernize critical concrete infrastructure before costly failures strike. In the U.S., hydropower ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California engineers are using a model replica of the Oroville Dam Spillway disaster to test construction designs before implementation. The plans to rebuild the spillway are a ...

JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR, Colo. -- A 12-person multi-disciplinary team of engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District found the concrete of John Martin Dam's stilling basin to ...