The Sonoma County Water Agency began inflating its rubber dam in the Russian River near Forestville on Thursday, kicking off a multi-day process. Skip to content. All Sections.

Those who want to rebuild the dam appeal to its history. It was built in 1798 to power a grist mill, a two-plus-century status that gives it some historical resonance.

“The alarm at Baker River Dam’s early warning siren system was activated at 10:12 a.m. and again at 10:30 a.m.,” PSE spokesperson Gerald Tracy said. “This is a false alarm, and the dam is ...

Blydenburgh dam collapse spurs river vs. pond debate at park. The Nissequogue River meanders through the floodplain where Stump Pond used to be, at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown on Tuesday.

The Denver Water Plan entails increasing the height of Gross Dam from the current 340 feet to 471 feet and expanding the storage capacity of Gross Reservoir from 42,000 acre feet to 119,000 acre fe… ...

The area near the 115-year-old Rapidan Dam, once lauded as one of southern Minnesota’s prettiest stretches of river, drew kayakers and canoers who capped their trips with pie at his family’s ...

Long before Hoover Dam became a symbol of American engineering, the modest Laguna Dam quietly made history. Journey to the site where the taming of the Colorado River began—and uncover the ...

New public access sites have opened along the post-dam Klamath River, allowing opportunities to enjoy the free-flowing river. The largest dam removal project in U.S. history was completed last ...

It’s been less than a year since the world’s largest dam removal project was completed along 420 miles of the Klamath River, near the border of Oregon and California.

Enlarging the dam would deliver more Sacramento River water to Central Valley farmers but a tribe could lose sacred sites and endangered salmon could lose habitat in wet years.

Negotiations over the Columbia River basin could affect the environment in Canada and electrical generation and flood control in the United States. Negotiations of a 60-year-old treaty between ...