In total, the federal government footed the bill for the $39.46 million project via various congressional appropriations. The ...

There are more than 2,500 dams in Virginia – many built to mill wheat or wood. One of them is at the center of a ...

The dam was an avulsive failure according to Larson. An avulsive failure occurs when, rather than causing the dam itself to collapse, the river forges a new course around the dam itself. In the case ...

The Rapidan Dam was an old but still sturdy structure. It underwent "avulsive failure," meaning the water didn't go through it; it went around. During a flood, when water levels were high, the river ...

The Blue Earth River is very different from what it has been for more than a century. In late June last year the Rapidan Dam suffered a catastrophic failure when floodwaters tore around the west ...

Rafferty said that comparing Blue Earth River samples taken June 26, just after the dam failure, to the 2007-2021 long-term statistics, preliminarily show that the maximum pollution values were ...

RAPIDAN — The water quality in the Blue Earth River has deteriorated significantly since the Rapidan Dam suffered a partial failure and sent nearly 12 million cubic yards of sediment behind the ...

In 2021, the Wyoming Water Development Office estimated that, at full storage, a catastrophic failure ... North Platte River, according to the state. The Ambursen-style dam consists of a series of ...

The dam, standing 130 feet high and stretching 325 feet over LaPrele Creek, serves late-season water to irrigators between the dam and the nearby North Platte River, according to the state. The ...

The report, Wisconsin Outpaces Most States in Recent Dam Failures, examined the state’s more than 4,000 dams to paint a picture of the state’s overall dam health. Wisconsin’s dams range from massive ...

A recent dam failure in the central Wisconsin city of Manawa raised broader questions about the condition of the more than 4,000 dams across our state, spread across all of its 72 counties. They range ...