One small dam has already failed, several others remain damaged or close to overtopping and crews are still stabilizing structures across the state.
Climate change and water demand that still exceeds supply have flipped the engineering script. Lake Powell is less than 25% ...
Michigan’s dams are at risk. Years after catastrophic failures, lawmakers still haven’t acted on known fixes or held meaningful oversight hearings.
Four years ago, in the wake of the infamous Midland dam failures, Michigan lawmakers appropriated more than $50 million to address other problem dams whose owners couldn’t or wouldn’t do so on their ...
LANSING, MI — Five years ago, Michigan learned a hard lesson about the dangers posed by its fleet of elderly, decrepit dams when days of heavy rain swelled the impounded rivers above the ...