The State of Iowa has a serious problem with low-head dams, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), working with civic and non-profit organizations, is making a concerted effort to modify or remove them. A Cardno project, the Quasqueton Dam,…
Mott MacDonald Appoints Bruno Trouille as Senior Hydropower Advisor
Mott MacDonald has appointed Bruno Trouille as a senior hydropower advisor in its global dams and hydropower business. Based in Chicago, USA, Bruno will…
Parties Agree to Klamath River Dam Removal Plan
SALEM, Ore. — The States of Oregon and California, PacifiCorp and the federal government – through the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Commerce…
Dewberry to Provide Technical Assessment for South Carolina Dams
Dewberry has been selected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assess dozens of South Carolina dams damaged during the October 2015 floods. The firm will help FEMA, the State of South Carolina, community members, and dam owners incorporate…
Researcher Develops a Framework to Detect Damage to Dams from Seismic Activity
A UT Arlington researcher is developing a comprehensive, reliability-based framework to analyze North Texas dams and detect damage from seismic activity. Anand Puppala, a professor of civil engineering and associate dean for research in UT Arlington’s College…
Aquatic Ecologist Says Dams Are Boxing in Fish — Indicators of Environmental Health — Causing Them to Disappear From Kansas
MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 29, 2015—Call them the canary in the coal mine for water quality; small fish species are being extirpated from Kansas rivers, according to Kansas State University ecologists. Keith Gido, professor in the Division of Biology; Josh…
Rivers Recover Natural Conditions Quickly Following Dam Removal
CORVALLIS, Ore., Oct. 8, 2014—A study of the removal of two dams in Oregon suggests that rivers can return surprisingly fast to a condition close to their natural state, both physically and biologically, and that the biological recovery might outpace the…
Leica Geosystems Launches ComGate10 Wireless Router to Enable Fast and Secure Continuous Deformation Monitoring
Leica Geosystems has announced the launch of its first wireless router for continuous monitoring, the Leica ComGate10. As integral part of Leica Geosystems’ mobile communication solution M-Com, ComGate10 is the first plug and play router on the market that…
The Connected Consequences of River Dams
In a case study of dams on the upper Missouri River, USGS researchers have demonstrated that an upstream dam is still a major control of river dynamics where the backwater effects of a downstream reservoir begin. In light of this finding, the conventional…
