The use of artificial beaver dams to replicate the ecological benefits created by the industrious rodents shows promise for ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A pair of friends whose St. Petersburg homes were flooded by Hurricane Helene have opened a new business, Dam It Defense, which sells barriers aimed at preventing flooding. “We ...

Whether you love a surf suit, a one-piece, bikini or burkini, it’s time to swim, surf and snorkel into summer at the these ...

Water quality problems caused by six of Consumers Energy Co.'s 13 hydroelectric dams threaten to complicate the utility's controversial plan to sell the dams to a Maryland private equity company. The ...

State officials grilled Water Development Office Director Jason Mead last week over ballooning costs and uncertainties dogging three dam projects after he told them one project on the Colorado border ...

It’s been a little more than a year since four dams on the Klamath River came down — the biggest river restoration project in U.S. history. In that time, tribal, state, nonprofit and federal ...

A century-old, leaking dam that provides drinking water to several Birmingham area suburbs, which has been due for repairs for years, has just $1 million in liability insurance for emergencies and ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday it has awarded $4.5 billion worth of contracts to build 230 new miles of border barrier along the Southwest ...

For the past three years, engineering consultant Michael Antinelli has worked with the city of Miami Beach and its residents to draw up individualized flood-prevention plans. So far, he’s visited 140 ...

One popular brand, Quick Dams, offers “self-activating” barriers and “sandless sandbags.” The bags contain lightweight material that absorb water and expands and can be stacked just like regular bags, ...

Johannesburg — Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile is scheduled to open Tuesday to major fanfare in Ethiopia. The $5 billion dam project ...