What are 'leaky dams' and how do they stop floods?

Shropshire Wildlife Trust has been making "leaky dams" to slow the flow of water downstream – this involves placing branches ...
KTVB

Explainer: How do the Highland Lakes and dams work?

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 -- ...
WVXU

How tiny dams repair cottonwood trees damaged by giant dams along the Colorado River

Giant dams built to tame the Colorado River have nearly wiped out native cottonwood trees along many riverbanks, disrupting local ecosystems. But new tiny dams, built to mimic ones that beavers make, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego to spend $100M to figure out how to fix its aging, vulnerable dams

San Diego plans to pay an engineering firm $100 million over the next decade to thoroughly evaluate the city’s aging dams and create a strategy to prioritize and coordinate repairs and possible ...
usace.army.mil

Major work completed at Lock and Dam 2

There is major work happening at Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minnesota. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, performs rehabilitative work on each of the district’s 13 locks and dams on ...