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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 ...

'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 ...

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 ...

The Dam Surveillance Key opens a locked door in the Water Treatment Control building on the southwestern side of the Dam Battlegrounds map. More specifically, it opens a locked door in the ...

MIDLAND, Mich. – It’s the strangest sight -- watching someone cut grass at the bottom of what was once a lake. But that’s the reality for people who live in Edenville. After the dam failure five years ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Surrounded by trees and just a few dirt roads, Carter Lake is held in by the 21-foot deep Hardwood Pond Dam. Tucked away from public view, this small body of water was ...

Polk County officials say residents who evacuated over the weekend because of a breach in the Carter Lake Dam might have to wait several more days before learning whether it’s safe to go home. Late ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - Efforts to lower the water at the Carter Lake dam in Polk County continue following damage to the dam’s earthen embankment. According to the Polk County Office of Emergency ...