On the May 31st we commemorate the significant role dams play in American life. From providing nearly half of the nation's clean, renewable electricity, water supplies, and access to water for agricul...
Read MoreThe Mosul Dam on the Tigris River in northern Iraq is the largest Dam in the country and provides power to nearly two million people. According to engineers, the dam is at serious risk of collapse and...
Read MoreThe Mosul Dam, Iraq's largest dam, is structurally unsound and is presenting a serious risk to all of downtown Iraq. The Army Corps of Engineers found in 2007 that the dam had a exceptionally hi...
Read MoreThe first of Measurand’s 150 metre long SAAs has been installed in one of the world’s largest tailings dams at Zelazny Most, Poland, in October 2015. Zelazny Most tailing pond, located near a town...
Read MoreKeller North America announces the acquisition of the GeoConstruction group (“Bencor”) of Layne Christensen Company, a company that operates internationally, with headquarters in Frisco, Tex. This ac...
Read MoreDespite the tempting turquoise waters, the story behind this beautiful lake is worrying. The Sarez Lake in Tajikistan is in the depths of the Pamir Mountains. Despite the tempting turquoise waters,...
Read MoreAmericans built this huge irrigation project offering jobs to hundreds of Americans who had become unemployed by the economic situation. Americans built this huge irrigation project offering jobs t...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreAccording 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...
Read MoreThe 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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