China has begun construction on the world's largest hydropower dam, a project so massive that Premier Li Qiang called it the "project of the century." But the dam could also create a big problem for ...

These mountains feed rivers that supply drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people along the Front Range. After the ...

India fears Chinese dam will reduce flow on major river by up to 85% in dry season Delhi says a mega dam of its own will mitigate risks, but faces heavy local resistance Beijing building world's ...

SINGAPORE, July 22 (Reuters) - China has broken ground on what it says will be the world's largest hydropower project, a $170 billion feat capable of generating enough electricity each year to power ...

When Jawaharlal Nehru called dams “temples of modern India” in 1954, he was expressing a belief shared by all the dominant faiths: to dam a river was to develop a nation. Over the course of the ...

After decades of planning and years of construction, Northern Colorado's Chimney Hollow Dam is nearly complete. Construction crews topped off the 350-foot-tall dam recently and are preparing to pave a ...

China has built more dams than any other country and more large dams than the rest of the world combined. This month, it officially acknowledged construction of the biggest dam ever conceived in human ...

After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature. A ...

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 ...

Some dangers hide in plain sight — what looks like a peaceful lake or a simple hole in the ground can, in reality, be a dam. These man-made barriers hold back massive amounts of water, and when they ...

Hurricane Florence caused significant damage to Boiling Spring Lakes in 2018, leading to the draining of Big Lake and the destruction of several dams. Reconstruction efforts have been delayed due to ...