LOWELL — Enel North America, the parent company of Boott Hydropower, is proposing a $6 million change to Lowell’s Pawtucket Dam that would replace the archaic plywood and steel-pin flashboard ...

When high water occurs, the pins give way and the flashboards wash away, thus lowering the water level. Deceptively simple, no human intervention needed.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The installation of flashboards on the Center Street Dam will temporarily cause low water levels in the Des Moines River over the weekend. Starting Friday, the City of Des ...

She says the way to do that would be to put flashboard risers into the culvert, moving water from the larger lake into their lake.

Barring any complications or inclement weather, flashboard repairs will be completed by Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Unforeseen precipitation and/or high-water conditions may delay this schedule.

ANN ARBOR, MI -- If the Huron River looks a little low this month, don't worry. It's part of a Superior Dam fix spearheaded by Ann Arbor's water department.

"We refer to this as a 'steel-and-flashboard dam,'" Gray said of Rainbow Dam. "The wooden boards are actually the water retaining feature of the dam.

Rubber bladders designed to alter water levels at the Lewiston Falls dam were vandalized in early October, said dam operator Brookfield White Pine Hydro. A temporary flashboard system has since ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The water level on the Des Moines River between Saylorville Lake and Des Moines will be noticeably lower this week. Outflow from the Saylorville Reservoir Dam will be limited ...

The new flashboard assembly includes a rubber bladder that can be inflated with air to raise the steel flashboard plates, which, in turn, help control water flow and water level fluctuation.

The key to restoring a drained peat bog is to make it wet again. One simple but effective tool is a flashboard riser, which allows water levels to be adjusted manually to mimic seasonal flooding.