In its latest update issued on Tuesday, DWS confirmed that two sluice gates remain open at the Vaal Dam to maintain a ...

For more than a week after the storm, the Catawba River system was overwhelmed by storm waters, leading to the opening of spill gates and the ... Unlike flood-control reservoirs, which have ...

When Duke Energy opened four floodgates at Cowans Ford Dam last fall ... While some river systems are built specifically for flood control, the primary purpose of the Catawba-Wateree Hydro ...

Modernized changes to long-held operating procedures at the dams walling Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar Reservoir in Northern California could improve flood ... gates lower than the dam ...

A sluice gate is a hydraulic structure, or movable barrier, used to control ... department’s flood monitoring and forecasting office on Friday issued recommendations for dam management, advising ...

Authorities have opened a fifth sluice gate at the Vaal Dam as ... were regularly informed of dam water levels. During rainfall or potential flood scenarios caused by rising upstream levels ...

KUMAMOTO--Kumamoto Governor Ikuo Kabashima is poised to approve a new plan to construct a flood-control dam for the Kawabegawa river, which is a tributary of Kumagawa river, sources said on Nov. 11.