SAINTE-SOLINE, France—Several people were injured on Saturday following clashes between French police and protesters opposed to a large water reservoir for farm irrigation, despite a ban on gatherings in the area. Police fired tear gas to repel some protesters who threw fireworks and other projectiles as they crossed fields to approach the construction area in…

The City of Middletown, New York, is to begin construction on several century-old dams to bring them up to new state standards, according to the city’s public works commissioner Jacob Tawil.  The upgrades on three Shawangunk reservoir dams, to be performed by a joint venture between Servidone and Anthony Construction, cost around $3.8 million; a separate…

TRUCKEE, Calif.—An autopsy Tuesday confirmed that a body found inside a car submerged in a Northern California reservoir is that of 16-year-old Kiely Rodni, who disappeared after going to a large youth party earlier this month, authorities said. No other results of the autopsy were released in a Facebook post by the Nevada County Sheriff’s…

TRUCKEE, Calif.—A body found in a Northern California reservoir is believed to be that of 16-year-old Kiely Rodni, who went missing weeks ago after attending a large party at a Sierra Nevada campground, authorities said Monday. Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon told a press conference that the body had not been identified yet but “we…

Like a wraith rising from the grave, a Spanish ghost town—intentionally flooded by the Lindoso Reservoir some 30 years ago—appeared to rise from the depths late last November amidst receding water levels. The haunting apparition of a town, called Aceredo, near Lobios, Ourense province, in northwestern Spain, which reemerges every few years from its watery…

Recently, floods have devastated the entire province of Shanxi in northern China, an area famous for vast reserves of coal and iron. Dam water discharge coupled with heavy rains and landslides, have damaged railways, and caused tens of thousands of victims to flee, farmlands to vanish, and massive coal mines to suspend production. By Oct….

Millions of dollars have been spent on dredging and expanding a “dangerously weak” reservoir in central China that was built in 1958 during Mao Zedong’s disastrous Great Leap Forward. A pilot project, with a reported budget of $490 million, is attempting to resolve long-standing sediment issues in Suyahu Reservoir in Zhumadian City, Henan Province. Begining in 2018, the…

To say that Utah’s water shortage in 2021 is severe doesn’t do justice to the stark reality that many of the state’s lakes, creeks, and reservoirs are literally drying up. And unless nature cooperates soon, some of these once-full bodies of potable water will resemble the desert areas that surround them. At Echo Reservoir off…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Engineers and dam safety specialists evaluating the danger of a catastrophic flood from a leaking Florida wastewater reservoir determined that the threat of a possible second breach was “unsubstantiated,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection said. Officials had said Monday that a drone discovered a possible second breach in the reservoir, whose east…