When an old dam is removed, all of the debris and silt behind the structure is released for the first time in years. Teams of environmental engineers must monitor the silt and debris as it flows ...

Dams have tended to be the most helpful in controlling floods, but the river's thick silt has clogged many of them. Currently, the Chinese are constructing a massive new dam called the Xiaolangdi ...

The Naute Dam, an essential reservoir in the south, is now at 55.8%, containing 46.613 Mm³, an increase of 4.744 Mm³. The Otjivero Silt Dam has risen to 12.9%, holding 1.007 Mm³ following a gain of ...

“If we want to do (the silt removal), now’s the time,” Perry ... With the contract for the dam tentatively awarded, various preliminary actions need to be taken by numerous parties ...

On Thursday evening, there was a congregation of fish just behind the dam, in an area that still had some depth. The estimated 30,000 cubic yards of silt that workers will eventually take from the ...

[Photo: Erastus Mulwa/Standard] Water shortage in Machakos town and its environs could be a thing of the past if silt is removed from a local dam. Residents have been forced to rely on vendors who ...