The number of dams in the United States at risk of overtopping is increasing, "threatening their structural integrity and downstream communities," according to a new study from Florida. About 250,000 ...

After historic flash flooding throughout Central Texas and the Texas Hill Country over the Fourth of July weekend, the excess rainfall spurred a milestone reopening of Central Texas floodgates — the ...

Dams and levees are critical pieces of our infrastructure and our history. They're one of the oldest type of human-made structures on the planet, and they were one of the first things that that ...

Historic dams can sometimes have beneficial impacts on surrounding wildlife, plants, and waterways, as with the dam that created Ames Pond in Shutesbury that sustains a rare natural bog ecosystem. / ...