These days, though, the river is largely restricted to one channel. Imprisoned within artificial levees, it’s no longer able to deposit its mud according to hydrological whim; instead ...

Most of the river’s levees were built up during the 1920s ... If done correctly, the new “conveyance channel” – an artificial channel designed to move water from one place to another ...

The idea of constructing a levee, a technique that ... And as it turns out, the artificial embankment was sorely needed. In just hours, the Obion River, which runs adjacent to their hometown ...

ALTON The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, in partnership with the Wood River Drainage and Levee District, ...

SIOUX CITY -- Rver dikes and levees are off-limits to motorized vehicles, Kelly Bach, Sioux City parks maintenance supervisor for the city Parks Department, told reporters today at the city ...

PROVO, Utah — A recent engineering investigation found that the levee system along the Provo River has aged significantly and has many "structural issues." "The standard has changed what levees ...

But it also has a specific human history—the river runs between artificial levees, or provides conveyance to ships carrying oil, or drains toxic runoff from factory farms. In his fascinating ...

As Pinter put it, “That risk never goes away.” California saw the consequences of that risk in 2023, when a levee along the Pajaro River that was decades overdue for maintenance failed during a winter ...

What good is a levee if it cannot keep the water out? People in Conway County are trying to solve that problem, because a ...

The Army Corps plans a potential $15M project to replace Sebewaing River levees with steel, addressing decades of erosion and ...

NOW AREAS LIKE RODNEY ARE SEEING THE IMPACT THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER WENT OVER THE WEST SIDE OF THE LEVEE THERE. IT’S JUST WHEN THERE’S TOO MUCH, IT CAN’T BE CONTAINED IN THERE. IT JUST GOES ...