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Dam Vaiont Failure

The failure of the dam Vaiont is a catastrophic event not due to structural failure of the arched double curvature dam, but in a huge landslide slope of a flood basin. Despite the fact that in the are...

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How Do Dams Trigger Earthquakes?

According to scientists, earthquakes are triggered by dams, since there are many cases giving evidence that the earthquakes have been linked to the construction of dams. Dr. V. P Jauhari in his pap...

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Potential dam failure near Conroe

The persistent rainfall poses a serious threat to the dam at the Lewis Creek Reservoir, near Willis, Texas, USA. The persistent rainfall poses a serious threat to the dam at the Lewis Creek Re...

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Belo Monte Dam in Brazil to become 3rd largest dam in the world!

With engineers calling it "the most daring project under way in Brazil", the Belo Monte Dam in Amazonia, will have a year operating capacity of 4,500 megawatts, which was rediced to a third of its ini...

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Hayward Baker: Eagle Mountain Spillway Project Wins ASDSO Rehabilitation Project of the Year

Hayward Baker Inc. commends Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), the 2014 recipient of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) National Rehabilitation Project of the Year Award. T...

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Rehabilitation of Dover Dam complete!

The Dover Dam rehabilitation project was marked complete by local and federal agencies. The $60 million project aimed in increasing the dam safety and stabilizing the aging flood-control structure. Du...

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Dam in Buckeye Lake to be replaced

 Ohio governor committed to rebuild the Buckeye Lake dam to adress the significant flooding risks associated with the aging embankment, which has been showing signs of decay during the past decad...

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[Video]: Watch a civil engineer's display on dams for elementary school Career Day!

Grady Hillhouse, a civil engineer specialized in dams and large hydraulic structures, prepared a display for an elementary school Career Day to explain the basic principles of dam function! Watch the...

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Hayward Baker completes Dam Rehabilitation Project in Lake Manatee

Hayward Baker Inc. (HBI), North America’s leader in geotechnical construction, recently completed remediation work on the Lake Manatee Dam located in Manatee County south of Tampa, Florida. The nearl...

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Elwha River Project: learn about the effects of the largest dam removal in the U.S. history!

Five peer-reviewed papers written by government, tribal and university researchers, scientifically establish the effects of the Elwha River dam removal. The Elwha Project is the largest dam remov...

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