When Hartford region residents turn on their faucets or showers, many may not realize that much of the water flows into their sinks and tubs from the sleepy town of Barkhamsted in the Litchfield ...

The city of Alma has received a grant to conduct a feasibility study regarding the feature of the city’s municipal dam.

The Mount Polley Mine earthen dam in western Canada failed because of a faulty design that didn't consider the geology of the perimeter foundation, an independent review panel says. The Aug. 4 ...

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 dams ...

Joint venture to oversee construction management of California water district’s largest-ever capital project, reshaping Orange County's recycled-water system.

Until March 11, 2011 no people died from the failure or damage of a large water storage dam due to an earthquake. However, during the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011, an ...