Buttress Dam: Remove It! You've decided that the electric power this dam provides does not justify the number of fish it kills. You're not alone.

Scientists have developed a new modular steel buttress dam system designed to resolve energy storage issues hindering the integration of renewable resources into the energy mix. The new modular ...

But the independent review concluded that the dam would have held if had had been designed properly and had the rock buttress been added.

KATASHINA, Gunma -- A nationally rare buttress dam in this east Japan village is still in operation and retains the appearance it had at the time of its construction in 1931.

Two catastrophic mine dam failures, one in Canada and one in Brazil, made worldwide headlines in recent years for the downstream damage they caused. PolyMet officials say their tailings basin and ...

City officials announced Friday the evacuation notice for Panguitch and surrounding areas has been lifted, as dam mitigation efforts have been successful.

There are different types of dams: embankment dams, arch dams, gravity dams, buttress dams and versions that can incorporate qualities of both (the Hoover Dam, for example is considered an arch ...

You've decided that the electric power this dam provides is more important than the population of salmon in the river. You're not alone. Large dams all over the world, like the Grand Coulee Dam in ...

Southwest Research Institute has developed a new modular steel buttress dam system designed to resolve energy storage issues hindering the integration of renewable resources into the energy mix ...

KATASHINA, Gunma -- A nationally rare buttress dam in this east Japan village is still in operation and retains the appearance it had at the time of its construction in 1931.