The great Colorado River, and subsequently its reservoirs, are not what they once were because the basin states have been affected by a megadrought that has gripped the southwest of the U.S. for two...
Category: Dams
Over the last decade or more a lot of speculation has been talked about the drought-ridden reservoirs of Lake Meade fed by the Colorado River system in Southwestern states of America as the Lake...
Storms of rain and snow have hit California particularly badly in recent months, and have spread into neighboring states like Nevada where reservoirs like Lake Mead rely on seasonal snowmelt and...
The Sacramento river is a major source of water for the millions of residents in the state and other states through which the river passes it's well known for four distinct runs of Chinook salmon:...
Nationwide there have been more than 1,300 dams have been removed and there are environmental movements to remove many more over the course of the next decade as the country explores the...
In the last century, the U.S. led the world in Dam building for many purposes, including hydropower, irrigation, flood control, and water storage. While dams can benefit society, they also cause...