Signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Flood Control Act of 1938 authorized dams, levees and other flood ...

Based on what amounts to a procedural quibble, a federal court judge ordered Denver Water to abandon the expansion of Gross ...

A 1.3-mile greenway opened near Lake Norman this week, creating a 4-mile greenway loop for walkers, runners, bikers and other ...

They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa, Japan For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have ...

This week, Duke Energy invited The Charlotte Observer and other media outlets to tour the hydroelectric system, showcasing enormous energy generating units and the floodgates that protect dam ...

Cowans Ford Dam stands between Lake Norman and Mountain Island Lake, serving as an energy generating site and a barrier between the two lakes that are dramatically different sizes. After the ...

Duke Energy's Cowans Ford Dam, located in Mecklenburg County, is a hydroelectric system that operates to generate energy and provide drinking water. Duke Energy engineers stated that the dam is ...