The Three Gorges Dam in China is a structure so huge that it controls one of the world's most powerful rivers—and even ...

We have to figure out how to supply that constantly. - Hoover Dam was built first. Primary objective was for flood control. (bright energetic music) - [Narrator] Flooding fertile valleys along its ...

Los Angeles has long funneled masses of tourists to Las Vegas, providing much of the fuel for the casino-heavy economy here.

The federal Bureau of Reclamation runs some of the state’s largest water facilities. It now must plan to lose as much as 40% of its workforce.

Two landmark federal measures were born as a result: the Flood Control Act of 1928 ... which authorized the construction of a $165-million high dam on the Colorado, eventually to be christened Hoover ...

Romans built aqueducts as a way to control ... largest dam. When was it destroyed the first time? - 1895, I believe, was the first time it was destroyed. There was a massive flood at that time.

China has gone three consecutive years without a dam collapse, an unprecedented achievement despite growing flood control ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. From the top of Hoover Dam, the Colorado River looks suitably tamed. Famed for its whitewater tumult upstream, the Colorado is ...

Flood risk management, hydropower generation and salmon runs will suffer if the United States and Canada don’t renew a key ...