About five miles south of Lancaster County’s southern border, the Conowingo Dam stretches across a portion of the lower Susquehanna River in Maryland, standing for more than 90 years as.

LOWELL — Replacing the wooden flashboard system at the Pawtucket Dam with a pneumatic crest-gate, or “bladder dam” system, holds more positive benefits than negative effects, the … ...

OROVILLE. Saying the reservoir has receded enough to handle inflows from approaching storms, operators at troubled Oroville Dam said Friday they would continue to dial back releases from its ...

This not only increased the dam’s existing storage capacity by 25%, but also significantly increased the discharge capacity of the spillway to boost the dam’s safety by preventing overtopping.

At the required depth of 30 feet the pressure of water triggered the explosion right next to the dam wall. In all, five planes had to drop their bombs before the first dam was breached.

Dr. Bob Holladay, pulmonary physician at Ochsner LSU Health, joined KSLA on Friday, June 23 to explain how pressure played a part in this tragedy and how it can impact scuba divers. Holladay says ...

For every 33 feet (10 meters) of saltwater depth, pressure increases by another atmosphere. Credit: Jen Christiansen, modified from “How the Ocean Sustains Complex Life,” by Mark Fischetti, ...