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Largest dam removal in US history reaches important milestone
- Jan, 11, 2024
- Dam Engineering Environmental Engineering Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The largest dam removal in the history of the United States is currently taking place on the Klamath River, which flows through Oregon and northern California. The Klamath River has historically been...
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$4.7 billion contract awarded for the construction of Neom’s artificial lake
- Jan, 17, 2024
- General Civil General Construction Other Structural Other Geotechnical Dam Engineering Earth / Rockfill Dams Concrete / Rollercrete Dams News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Saudi Arabia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The contract for the construction of a $4.7 billion artificial lake, part of Saudi Arabia’s Neom project, was recently signed. Furthermore, the 2.8 km long lake is going to be formed by three new dam...
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Vast environmental impact expected by the Nova Kakhovka breach in Ukraine
- Jun, 06, 2023
- Dam Engineering Earth / Rockfill Dams Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Damage (Structural) Blasting Effects Other Structural Geoenvironmental Engineering Contaminant Transport General Civil Environmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Ukraine
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Nova Kakhovka dam, the largest dam in Ukraine in terms of volume and one of the largest in the world, was breached in the early morning hours of June 6. Its construction started in 1950 and last...
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Rain water exceeds dam in Indonesia: Extreme flooding and landslides
Heavy rains exceeded a dam causing disastrous flooding and triggering landslides in central Indonesia on January, 23, 2019. Heavy rains exceeded a dam causing disastrous flooding and triggering lands...
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Savings in removing over repairing dams
Dam removal has become a mainstream option for dam safety management restoring river, coastal ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them. Dam removal has become a mainstream option for...
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