Journals By Industry - Dams & Reservoirs

Utilities working together for region's energy future PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Bonneville Power Administration and Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR) have identified terms and conditions to be addressed in connection with their discussions...

Year-long celebration honors past and looks toward future growth SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- America has experienced tremendous change in the last 100 years, thanks to risk-takers, entrepreneurs and legions of committed workers who embody...

Submitting firm: Anderson-Perry & Associates Inc.Client/owner: Benton Irrigation District The Benton Irrigation District long relied on an unlined, continuous-flow, gravity-fed system to divert water from the Yakima River for irrigation. But the system,...

Submitting firm: McMillen Inc. Client/owner: Hidroelectrica Choloma, S.A. Hidroelectrica Choloma, a hydropower developer, held rights to a potential small hydro project on the slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains in Guatemala. But the...

The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's summary judgment in favor of a commercial general liability (CGL) insurer in an action brought by a professional liability insurer seeking contribution...

HEADNOTE Fly ash puts paid to ASR The use of fly ash for controlling damaging alkali-silica reaction (ASR) was first reported in 1949 by Robert Blanks of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.1 Since...

HEADNOTE MYANMAR IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 A new dawn breaks in Myanmar, which is open for business Preparing to chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014, Myanmar is also opening its...

Byline: Staci Matlock It's been a decade since the public was allowed to walk across Elephant Butte Dam, located on the Rio Grande 200 miles south of Santa Fe. Now, on Jan. 7,...

In the wake of new test results suggesting that a species of invasive Asian carp may have migrated up the Mississippi River as far as Coon Rapids, a coalition of 15 state and...

GLEN FERRIS--The first rebuilt and renovated units in the hydroelectric plant at the falls of the Kanawha River should be generating electricity as early as next week, and the entire plant could be...

PASADENA, Calif. -- Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it was one of three awardees with a combined contract ceiling of $750 million to provide sustainable infrastructure development services for U.S....

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings takes the following rating action on Wilson, North Carolina's revenue bonds as part of its continuous surveillance effort: --$5.3 million in outstanding combined enterprise system revenue bonds, affirmed...

Dec. 08--The outcome of a land rights dispute between the State of Montana and an electric utility company argued Wednesday (December 7) in the U.S. Supreme Court could change the way states manage...

A 76-year-old lock and dam system on the Mississippi River near the southeastern Minnesota town of La Crescent was shut down Monday in preparation for a $3.8 million rehab project. Crews will dewater...

WMEN MYANMAR PRESIDENT Theìn Sein announced he would shut down work on the controversial Myitsone hydroelectric dam project in his country, he cited the "will of the people." Critics charged that the $3.6...

Greg Hanson, RE., of the USDA-ARS has been named the recipient of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) 2O11ADS/Hancor Soil and Water Engineering Award. Sponsored by ADS/Hancor, one of the...

"We've lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam and unleashed all the potential in this country," said President Obama...

Andina Minerals has named W. ROBERT (BOB) ROSE (SME) its new chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1, 2012. Previously employed by Kappes, Cassiday & Associates, he was the project manager who took Andina...

GD Power Development announced recently that its holding subsidiary Dadu River Hydropower Development intends to construct a hydropower station project in Houziyan, Sichuan Province. GD Power Development will increase capital of the project...