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 ...

While final approval of the Springbank dry dam has been held up by regulatory hurdles, a model has been quietly built, far from prying eyes. It’s a 1/16-scale version of the project — complete with ...

A boat on the Mekong River at sunset, Laos. The Mekong supports the world's largest freshwater fishery but the proposed level of hydropower development in the Mekong basin is predicted to cut fish ...

There has long been a concern among civil engineers that dams could fail days or weeks after an earthquake, even if no immediate evidence of a problem surfaced. Their concern has focused on possible ...