Dams and Water Management

Aerial views of various dams and reservoirs, emphasizing their structure and surroundings, alongside reflections in calm waters.

Water pouring from the outlet of Cascade Dam on Cascade Reservior flowing into the Payette River in Valley County, Idaho.
Water pouring from the outlet of Cascade Dam on Cascade Reservior flowing into the Payette River in Valley County, Idaho.
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A view of the Lago Portugues from the Portugues Dam, Puerto Rico; according to the National Hurricane Center, the island was inundated by large amounts of rainfall, anywhere from 12 to 30 inches of rain. United States Army Corps of Engineers designed and built the Portuguese and Cerrillos Dams. They are critical to the mitigation of flooding in the region. The two dams were able to hold approximately 16,000 acre-feet of water combined during Hurricane Fiona, which is the equivalent of filling Plaza Del Caribe Mall almost 16 times. This volume of water would have flooded almost the entire urban area downstream of the dams. Rough preliminary estimates for the prevention of flood damages from both dams and associated channels are over $100 million. More importantly, thousands of lives were saved.
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USA California. No Water No Life, California Drought Expedition 5. Lake Cachuma at 7.5% capacity, boat launch ramp
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne making helicopter tour of Lake Tahoe area with Forest Service personnel during visit to Nevada to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum
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Algodones, New Mexico, The Angostura Diversion dam sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals. Much of the state is experiencing extreme drought, and farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their crops in the desert
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Deforestation on the northwest coast of Madagascar
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USA California. No Water No Life, California Drought Expedition 5. Tulare County, Lake Kaweah on Rt 198, low summer level with bathtub ring
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Boulder, CO Flood
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Georgetown, Colorado, Xcel Energy's Cabin Creek pumped storage hydroelectricity project in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver. During periods of lower electricity demand, water is pumped to a second reservoir higher in the mountains. When demand increases, the water returns to this lower reservoir through a turbine which generates electricity.
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DEPOSITO DE AGUA PARA REGAR LAS PLANTACIONES. Location: EXTERIOR. Tazacorte. LA PALMA. SPAIN.
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Burnt remains from Tubbs Fire, Santa Rosa, California, USA
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habitat destruction one of the dams responsible for draining of lake ichkeul, tunisia, northern africa
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Park pic and student photo op, Claudia McMurphy , Environmental Protection Agency
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Regions - Farm Tour Images - Highland Ditch Company and with the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU) , Environmental Protection Agency
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Dead Sea works in Israel are the world's fourth largest producer of potash products and also produces magnesium chloride; industrial salts; de-icers; bath salts; table salt and raw materials for the cosmetic industry.
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Alicante 8/22/2012 Reservoirs in the province of Alicante. Port Reservoir. Photo Juan Carlos Soler archdc Juan Carlos Soler.
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Mud slide
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Raphael Sbarge films FoLAR documentary along banks of Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Raphael Sbarge films FoLAR documentary along banks of Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Visit of Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner John Keys III to the People's Republic of China
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Alternative energy issues, huge dam project in the Coruh Gorge near Artvin at the expense of nature, Turkey, Asia
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Expansion of the road N -323, Granada, Andalusia, Spain, Europe
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Losenstein power plant on Enns in spring at the Losenstein power plant at the Enns in spring at flooding
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Magna, Utah, The marina at Great Salt Lake State Park, which cannot be used because the lake water level has fallen too low
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05/26/2005. Madrid 05-27-05 report on the Drought that affects the Madrid Swamps in the image the Deel Burguillo swamp photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.
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Aerial view of a landscape scarred by a recent landslide, with earth-toned debris contrasting against the lush green hills, Jablanica, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Aerial view of small scale fish farms on algae infested hartebeesport dam. South Africa
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Woodhead Reservoir Drought Update 2025
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Karamay City Water Conservancy
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Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds, Water Replenishment District - WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County
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ITALY Abruzzi Chieti. Wind generators close to Castiglione Messer Marino..