Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pioneer Hydro Electric Co. dam on the Ware River in Ware. HARDWICK – It’s the biggest dam-removal project in Massachusetts, ...

Ethiopians have celebrated the inauguration of Africa's largest dam as a defining moment in the country's history, even as downstream states warn of "grave consequences" without guarantees on how ...

The Hoover Dam was an engineering feat- a Depression-era accomplishment that harnessed the Colorado River and gave rise to cities like Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. But the success of the ...

When the Bureau of Reclamation announced it would cut releases into Lake Mead in an effort to prop up Lake Powell, the messaging was clear, and it acknowledged a problem some in the Western water ...

Five years after the World Commission on Dams gave key recommendations on how dams could be built with minimum social and evironmental costs, WWF reports that governments, financiers and dam builders ...

Building the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan to its maximum projected height and specifications would be an economic disaster for Central Asia’s poorest nation, and an environmental nightmare for the entire ...

Water managers in Washington County are facing a tough decision about the future of the Scoggins Dam, which holds back Hagg Lake. Clean Water Services and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the two ...

The Upper Klamath River is also part of restoration work. The salmon's return inspires biologists to continue their efforts in the upper basin. Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management Oregon and ...

HARDWICK – It’s the biggest dam-removal project in Massachusetts, and some aren’t too happy about it. Luke Wright owns a hydroelectric dam in Ware that’s about 10 miles downriver from the Wheelwright ...