Flood Control and Water Management

Photos illustrate flood prevention measures, including weirs and fish ladders, focusing on water conservation and habitat protection.

Muggah Creek winds it's way though Open Hearth Park, the site of the former Sydney Steel Plant in Sydney Nova Scotia.

Hochwasserschutz und Stauwehr an einem Flutpolder Bei Jengen im Ostallgäu werden die angrenzenden Ortschaften vor dem Hochwasser der Gennach geschützt. Dafür sorgt ein Stauwehr mit Fangrechen und Durchflussbegrenzung sowie der oberliegende großräumige Flutpolder. *** Flood protection and weir at a flood polder Near Jengen in the Ostallgäu region, the neighboring villages are protected from flooding by the Gennach River This is ensured by a weir with an interception screen and flow restriction as well as the large-scale flood polder above it

Fischtreppe am Wasserkraftwerk bei Donauwörth Eine Fischleiter an der Donau als Fischaufstiegshilfe zur Laichwanderung über die Staumauer des Wasserkraftwerks bei Donauwörth, gemäß der EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie zur Durchgängigkeit der Gewässer *** Fish ladder at the hydropower plant near Donauwörth A fish ladder on the Danube as a fish ladder for spawning migration over the dam wall of the hydropower plant near Donauwörth, in accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive on the continuity of watercourses

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

Muggah Creek winds it's way though Open Hearth Park, the site of the former Sydney Steel Plant in Sydney Nova Scotia.

Water Power on the River Thames, Reading, England, UK.

Sepulveda Dam, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, CAlifornia, USA

Regions - Farm Tour Images - Highland Ditch Company and with the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU) , Environmental Protection Agency

Canal going from sea to reclaimed polder land in Netherlands

USA, Louisiana, Atchafalaya Basin, Morganza Spillway (Floodway), built and maintained by US Army Corps of Engineers, land east (upriver) of spillway gates, egret in front of gate.

Plants growing on river bed of Los Angeles River near the Confluence, Los Angeles, California, USA

Aerial photograph, NRW-Urban, Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck, Rhine-Herne-Canal, Emscher, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe,

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Environmental Waste, Sewage Treatment

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - Unwatering - 26-HK-252-108. Hurricane Katrina

Flooding - Lake Sakakawea, N. D. , July 12, 2011 The Garrison Dam spillway was opened for the first time in 60 years on Lake Sakakawea due to historic flooding. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Tertiary-treated recycled water from the San Jose Creek Water Reclamation Plant is diverted to the unlined San Gabriel River for infiltration into the groundwater aquifers below. San Gabriel Spreading Grounds, Water Replenishment District - WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County

big reservoir dam

Flooding Severe Storm - Sargent County, N. D. , May 4, 2009 Rocks and an angled culvert help prevent bank erosion on drain 11 in Sargent County. Many areas of North Dakota were covered with flood water, weeks after the storms and floods occurred in March. Eliud Echevarria/ FEMA. North Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Wasserkraftwerk an der Loisach bei Großweil Umweltfreundliches Wasserkraftwerk an der Loisach bei Großweil mit Fischtreppe *** Hydroelectric power plant on the Loisach near Großweil Environmentally friendly hydroelectric power plant on the Loisach near Großweil with fish ladder

Kariba Dam, Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, Africa

The CALIFORNIA AQUAEDUCT supplies water to agricultural land in CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, just north of Fresno and part of the Central Valley Project, is a reservoir that stores water for irrigation in the San Joachin Valley and has a capacity of 520,000 acre feet. Like many other major reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley, three years of severe drought have dropped water levels dramatically. Fresno County, California, USA

Aerial view of the Umlazi Canal. Durban. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa

Mattress in Ballona Creek, Los Angeles, California, USA

irrigation canal in countryside irrigation canal in the countryside Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 9659470

The beginning of the Los Angeles River at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arryo Calabasas in Canoga Park. San Fernado Valley, Los Angeles Coutny, California, USA

Regions - Farm Tour Images - Highland Ditch Company and with the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU) , Environmental Protection Agency

Fischtreppe am Wasserkraftwerk bei Donauwörth Eine Fischleiter an der Donau als Fischaufstiegshilfe zur Laichwanderung über die Staumauer des Wasserkraftwerks bei Donauwörth, gemäß der EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie zur Durchgängigkeit der Gewässer *** Fish ladder at the hydropower plant near Donauwörth A fish ladder on the Danube as a fish ladder for spawning migration over the dam wall of the hydropower plant near Donauwörth, in accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive on the continuity of watercourses

Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority - Tva - Weir Dam. South Holston Dam.

Sacramento Weir on the Sacramento River. Subjects: Rivers and streams; Water management. Location: California.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

Low water levels in River Loire with bridge in drought climate

Water release at Hume Weir, on the edge of Lake Hume, Lake Hume was created on the Murray River in 1919 and later enlarged to become an integral part of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme, Lake Hume, Victoria, Australia,8/29/2012

CONDUCCION DE AGUA PRESURIZADA Y ACEQUIA. Location: EXTERIOR. Orihuela. Alicante. SPAIN.

nach der Flut 2021 wiederhergestellter Regenrückhaltedamm an der Erft nach der Flut 2021 wiederhergestellter Regenrückhaltedamm an der Erft, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland, Weilerswist LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/ErichxTeisterx 23320026

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

Ballona Creek is a nine-mile long flood protection channel that drains the Los Angeles basin. Ballona Creek is designed to discharge to Santa Monica Bay approximately 71,400 cubic feet per second from a 50-year frequency storm event. Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Strong current in a wild river, Chateauguay River, Province of Quebec, Canada, North America

Steel pipe connect from pump into the lake within public park,

Abbau von Uferbefestigungen zur Renaturierung der Flusslandschaft der Grenzmaas, Luftbild, Niederlande removal of bank reinforcements to renaturalise the river landscape of the Grensmaas, aerial view, Netherlands BLWS707444 *** Dismantling from Embankments to Renaturation the River landscape the Grenzmaas, Aerial photo, Netherlands Removal of Bank reinforcements to renaturalize The River Landscape of The Grensmaas, Aerial view, Netherlands BLWS707444 Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/J.xvanxderxNeutx

California aqueduct system, CA

California Aqueduct San Joaquin Valley near Gustine California

The Marsh Lake fish passage at Marsh Lake, near Appleton, Minnesota, July 14. USACE St. Paul District photo by Melanie Peterson

The confluence of the Arroyo Seco and the Los Angeles River, Stop on Folar's tour of the LA River, Los Angeles, California, USA

$Most of Victoria and New South Wales in Australia has been in the grip of an unprecedented drought for the last ten years. River levels have dropped and reservoirs are at a fractio$

Dam/Levee Break Flooding - Lake Delhi Dam, Iowa, July 27, 2010 View from below Lake Delhi Dam breach shows the force of the rushing water. FEMA, state, and county officials performed a preliminary damage assessment the week following the incident. Josh deBerge/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aerial photos of the Missouri river flooding in Sioux City, Iowa, South Sioux City, Nebraska, and Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, on June 8, 2011. Levees were built near homes to prevent the Missouri river from flooding properties.

Strong current in a wild river, Chateauguay River, Province of Quebec, Canada, North America

YOung boy watches the currents increase and waters rise dramatically in the Los Angeles River during rainstorm. Glendale Narrows. Los Angeles, California, USA

Water flowing over concrete aerator in small rural river, in South Korea

Surface water monitoring station at Knights Landing on the the Sacramento River. The station provides the Department of Water Resources with stage data. Subjects: Water management; Rivers and streams. Location: California.

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - Unwatering - 26-HK-252-37. Hurricane Katrina

The California Aqueduct is a 444 mile aqueduct that carries water from Northern California to Southern California, Merced County, California, USA

Currents increase and waters rise dramatically in the Los Angeles River during rainstorm. Glendale Narrows. Los Angeles, California, USA

Heavy rain fell overnight on May 30 and the morning of May 31. With increased runoff into the reservoir, current releases are 4,000 cubic feet per second. Current lake elevation is 896.4 feet.

flowing water released from the open sluice gates of a dam

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

Pulp and paper dam on the Magaguadavic River in St. George, New Brunswick, Canada

Hochwasserschutz und Stauwehr an einem Flutpolder Bei Jengen im Ostallgäu werden die angrenzenden Ortschaften vor dem Hochwasser der Gennach geschützt. Dafür sorgt ein Stauwehr mit Fangrechen und Durchflussbegrenzung sowie der oberliegende großräumige Flutpolder. *** Flood protection and weir at a flood polder Near Jengen in the Ostallgäu region, the neighboring villages are protected from flooding by the Gennach River This is ensured by a weir with an interception screen and flow restriction as well as the large-scale flood polder above it

The beginning of the Los Angeles River at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arryo Calabasas in Canoga Park. San Fernado Valley, Los Angeles Coutny, California, USA

Floating solar panels in Thailand, Provide clean natural energy from sunshine. Floating solar panels in Thailand, Provide clean natural energy from sunshine. Copyright: xZoonar.com/WosunanxPhotostoryx 21328573

The beginning of the Los Angeles River at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arryo Calabasas in Canoga Park. San Fernado Valley, Los Angeles Coutny, California, USA

USA, California. No Water No Life, California Drought Expedition 4, Santa Maria, Santa Maria River (empty) downstream of Twitchell Reservoir, off Bull Canyon Road

The water helps irrigate the drought-ridden agricultural area of the Central Valley California

Flooding - Lake Sakakawea, N. D. , July 12, 2011 Garrison Dam on Lake Sakakawea located on the Missouri River. Garrison Dam is the fifth largest earthen dam in the world. Lake Sakakawea is the U. S. Corps of Engineers largest reservoir in the United States. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Christopher Fonseca, Lafourche, LA, returns with a meager catch of crab. He worries about being shut down, especially since it has been a poor year so far. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - Chevron Empire - 26-HK-237-37. Hurricane Katrina

West Point hydroelectric dam, Georgia, USA

California Aqueduct near Palmdale, California.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority - Tva - Weir Dam. South Holston Dam.

Panoramic aerial view of a water reservoir covered with floating solar panels, Orvim Reservoir, Golan Heights, Israel.

water canal and agriculture artificial water canal to irrigate the cultivated fields in the countryside of Emilia Romagna in Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 9319879

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

North America, US, NH, A hydropower dam on NH's Androscoggin River with James River pulp mill.

Damm barrier to slow down the flow of water LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/PIERLUIGIxPALAZZIx 23324167

Aerial view of the Alcántara Dam releasing water into the Tagus River, framed by verdant hills and the distant town, Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Lafourche-Jefferson Parish (BP Oil Spill) - Boom protecting residential areas. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Renaturalized Boye, tributary of the Emscher, Emscher reconstruction, Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Plastic debris and other garbage collecting in a boom on the Los Cerritos Channel (a tributary of the San Gabriel River), Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Recultivated mining landscape with watercourse View over a recultivated opencast mining landscape, a watercourse as a view guide, power plant with cloud of smoke in the background - Location: Germany, Niederlausitz, Senftenberger Seenland Lakeland Copyright: xZoonar.com/RalfxLehmannx 18195402

Aerial view of logs and debris in the river contrasting with the highway and vibrant greenery, Renton, Washington, United States.

ESU New Orleans - 26-HK-137-11. Hurricane Katrina

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - Unwatering - 26-HK-252-131. Hurricane Katrina

Water being released to flush the Paris gutters.

A neglected urban stream with stagnant water, surrounded by dry vegetation and concrete, in South Korea

California Aqueduct San Joaquin Valley near Gustine California

The California Aqueduct is a 444 mile canal, part of the California State Water Project, that carries water from Northern California to Southern California, San Joaquin Valley, Mendota, Fresno County California, USA

Cleaning the LA River. FoLAR's annual 'La Gran Limpieza' clean up of the Los Angeles River. Bette Davis Picnic Area. Glendale Narrows. Los Angeles.

River Polluted by Industrial Waste From Timber Mill

Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority - Tva - Weir Dam. South Holston Dam.

Flood protection on the river Lippe, Haltern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

The beginning of the Los Angeles River at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arryo Calabasas in Canoga Park. San Fernado Valley, Los Angeles Coutny, California, USA

ESU St. Louis - Shell Narin - 26-HK-324-11. Hurricane Katrina

Irrigation channel flows from sluice gate to bring water to rice paddy fields, southern Spain.

Fishing for Silver Salmon in Ship Creek, Alaska, USA; Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America

Bat nest box near the Ebro Delta Spain

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Roy D. Bridges Jr. Bridge connecting NASA Kennedy Space Center's Industrial Area to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Industrial Area is seen during a field-guided boat tour. As part of the Kennedy's first-ever Innovation Expo, the tour, called "Living Outdoor Laboratory for Environmental Sustainability," is giving employees the opportunity to see the unique estuarine ecosystems that are protected from development by the presence of the center and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.The diverse and healthy area encompassing about 140,000 acres of central Florida's east coast has been closed to the public for 50 years, allowing the coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks to provide habitats for more than 1,000 species of plants and animals. Innovation Expo is showcasing the innovative work taking place throughout the center's facilities and labs to encourage employees to w

The Maurik hydroelectric power station, sustainable energy generation by flowing water through water turbines. Aerial drone view in The Netherlands. The Maurik hydroelectric power station, sustainable energy generation by flowing water through water turbines. Aerial drone view in The Netherlands. Copyright: xZoonar.com/HugoxKurkx 21611845

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