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Old flood valves along the Rock River near Hillsdale,IL. The Rock floods the area annually,but this year has proved to be especially bad. And with 2-4" more rain expected in the area this week,there is no end in sight. These release valves are in many spots along the river,most dump into irrigation ditches.No need for irrigation this year so far!
During my visit this year (Oct 2019), earth movers were busily working on new water impoundments along the Kern River Flood Canal just west of the Tule Elk State Natural Reserve near Tupman, California. The Kern River is usual dry with most of the water taken out of it updstream except in wet years that have high amounts of spring run off. The impounds at the end of the river along the flood canal allow for water storage during these wet years and, according to a geologist I talked to, needed groundwater recharge. The sizes of the equipment working on the project were impressive.
During my visit this year (Oct 2019), earth movers were busily working on new water impoundments along the Kern River Flood Canal just west of the Tule Elk State Natural Reserve near Tupman, California. The Kern River is usual dry with most of the water taken out of it updstream except in wet years that have high amounts of spring run off. The impounds at the end of the river along the flood canal allow for water storage during these wet years and, according to a geologist I talked to, needed groundwater recharge. The sizes of the equipment working on the project were impressive.
During my visit this year (Oct 2019), earth movers were busily working on new water impoundments along the Kern River Flood Canal just west of the Tule Elk State Natural Reserve near Tupman, California. The Kern River is usual dry with most of the water taken out of it updstream except in wet years that have high amounts of spring run off. The impounds at the end of the river along the flood canal allow for water storage during these wet years and, according to a geologist I talked to, needed groundwater recharge. The sizes of the equipment working on the project were impressive.
White Ibis (one brown juvenile), Great Egret, Cormorant, and one unfortunate crawfish, in Ditch H, the western boundary of Fort Bend Levy Improvement District #2. The ditch has since added 40 feet to its water level, and dropped again. Not sure how those rocks—probably scrap concrete—came to be here. The current is never enough to move them, and the nearest natural lithified material is exposed 100 miles NW and buried here thousands of feet deep.
7 July 2021; 10:20 CDT; Velvia SOOC.
An old shot from my only visit to the Thames Barrier, way back one sunset in October 2009.
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We interrupt our normal flow of artsy photography to bring you this pair of shots of Ditch H, the western boundary of Levy Improvement District #2, stretching North-South along Sugar Land Memorial Park (visible at right in each image). Above, 20 Nov 2020, below 6 June 2021. Approximately the same viewpoint, different cameras & lighting. The distant tree line, along the banks of the Brazos River, is unchanged. The railings on top of the concrete walls flanking the weir are visible in both photos. Water level is way up. Still plenty of freeboard on the levees, and no rain in the forecast tonight. 😀
6 June 2021; 18:20 CDT; screen dump diptych.
The boss checking out the holes and caves in the limestone at this park at the western tip of Appalachia in Ohio.
Sugar Land, TX. Taken from the University Boulevard bridge over Ditch H, looking down on the ditch and South toward the Brazos River, which is just visible in the distance beyond the trees. Note that the levee on the right below the spillway has already experienced significant erosion from previous floods. Three flooding episodes during Hurricane Harvey left only a few feet of freeboard on these levees. A more recent storm with no name delivered a higher precipitation rate, but only for one day. Ditch H is the drain for the Levee Improvement District that protects my house from flooding, one of nine such districts in Sugar Land.
Nothing added to the photo, but it did need vigorous slides to bring out the detail in highlights and shadows. Happy Sliders Sunday!
During my visit this year (Oct 2019), earth movers were busily working on new water impoundments along the Kern River Flood Canal just west of the Tule Elk State Natural Reserve near Tupman, California. The Kern River is usual dry with most of the water taken out of it updstream except in wet years that have high amounts of spring run off. The impounds at the end of the river along the flood canal allow for water storage during these wet years and, according to a geologist I talked to, needed groundwater recharge. The sizes of the equipment working on the project were impressive.
Same debris sculpture I showed a few days ago, showing the stripped terrain between the road & the woods in the background. The creek now runs through a broad aqueduct right beneath us, which also will eventually direct run-off from the floodgates behind us. It will be a pretty park in normal times, and a catch basin for flooding from the Brazos River every few years. The debris has now been brushed aside, and lies by the road. Sculptor unknown.
During my visit this year (Oct 2019), earth movers were busily working on new water impoundments along the Kern River Flood Canal just west of the Tule Elk State Natural Reserve near Tupman, California. The Kern River is usual dry with most of the water taken out of it updstream except in wet years that have high amounts of spring run off. The impounds at the end of the river along the flood canal allow for water storage during these wet years and, according to a geologist I talked to, needed groundwater recharge. The sizes of the equipment working on the project were impressive.
Juvenile White Ibis, Eudocimus albus, hip-deep in a drainage ditch just outboard of the western levee that protects my neighborhood from flooding. Ditch H is a long, straight, wide, deep, grassy conduit from our primary pump station into the Brazos River. Always has a little stream in the bottom, but spring rains keep it higher. Maybe a hundred large waders of various species feeding on crayfish that day.
25 May 2021; 08:00 CDT; Velvia with post.
View of a pause while cutting thru Elm Brook Park. I turned onto the Big Dog trail to the right (out of frame) which parallels the dike, below along the entire length.
The Army Corp of Engineers built the dam in 1948 to prevent the Ohio River from flooding Cincinnati's Mill Creek Valley's giant sewage treatment plant, numerous housing units and a number of manufacturing plants. . It's eight pumps have a 100,000 gallon a second capacity. It's in need of an expensive overhaul.
Span: Acueducto del Complejo hidroeléctrico Futaleufú.
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Engl: Aqueduct of the Futaleufú Hydroelectric Complex.
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A perennial subject of mine is the break up of the ice and opening of the river at the mouth of the Rideau River in March- so important during the Spring melt, to prevent flooding of vast areas of lower town Ottawa.
The waters of May are however as interesting in their gentler energy and flow when viewed during the blue hour in a 4 second exposure.
…to more miles of riding to complete the loop! Giving the fatty a quick 20-mile spin to make sure all the mechanicals are in working order and ready for the snowy-ish season on the horizon. I found that the rear brake pads need swapping out.
Amongst sparrows, waders, ducks, and songbirds, an ever-increasing variety of shorebirds is also settling in at Exploration Green, once a suburban golf course, in the heart of Clear Lake City, Texas. On this day, a Pectoral Sandpiper glides to a water landing accompanied out of frame by Least Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plovers, and Greater Yellowlegs.
San Jose, California, on a day the sky was filled with ash and the sun was shining red.
X-Pro3 / 16mm / Tiffen Deep Yellow filter
New road leading to a bridge that is part of a flood control project (a flood diversion canal). To get to this newly paved road, you have to go over a couple of miles of a rural gravel road (which is where I was standing). One of those State projects that suffer from cost overruns and delays for years...and years.
Span: Complejo hidroeléctrico Futaleufú.
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Engl: Futaleufú Hydroelectric Complex.
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The wetlands, wildlife area and rice farms are all flooded to ease the pressure on the rivers after a series of Pineapple Express (or atmospheric river) storms. The little black ducks (not visible in this picture, but all throughout the Bypass) and other waterfowl are very happy. The wading birds (egrets, mainly) have moved to newly flooded fields while the water is deep.
Expansive and serene, this image captures the rebirth of a once-drained peatland now restored to its natural hydrology. Rewetted peatlands like this play a vital role in climate protection, carbon storage, and biodiversity recovery. Pine trees frame the scene, while the mirrored sky and scattered wetland islands convey a sense of balance and renewal.
The H.C. de Jongh pumping station is located in the Dutch village of Aalst, in the province of Gelderland. The pumping station provides water intake and discharge for part of the Bommelerwaard. The building, dating from 1935, is a national monument.
Poldergemaal H.C. de Jongh in het Gelderse dorp Aalst. Het gemaal verzorgt de in- en uitlaat van water voor een deel van de Bommelerwaard. Het gebouw uit 1935 is een rijksmonument.
Kentucky Dam is 22 miles upstream from the confluence of the Tennessee River with the Ohio River. The dam is the longest in the Tennessee Valley Authority system, and the reservoir—which stretches for 184 miles across Kentucky and Tennessee—is the largest in the eastern U.S. Located on Kentucky’s shores are the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, four state parks, the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, numerous public access areas and two state wildlife management areas. There are resorts and campsites, areas for swimming and picnicking and a back-country undeveloped recreation area for off-road vehicles as well as water skiing, sailing and windsurfing, bicycling, horseback riding, and obviously plenty of hunting and fishing.
Kentucky Dam Facts & Figures:
‧ Construction of Kentucky Dam began in 1938 and was completed in 1944.
‧ The dam is 206 feet high and 8,422 feet long.
‧ Kentucky Dam is a hydroelectric facility. It has five generating units with a summer net dependable capacity of 223 megawatts. Net dependable capacity is the amount of power a dam can produce on an average day, minus the electricity used by the dam itself.
‧ Kentucky Reservoir features 2,064 miles of cove-studded shoreline and about 160,300 acres of water surface.
‧ The reservoir drains the entire Tennessee Valley watershed, which covers an area of 40,900 square miles.
‧ Kentucky Dam & Lake has a flood storage capacity of 4,008,000 acre-feet, more than 2.5 times the capacity of the next-largest reservoir in the TVA system.
‧ Kentucky Dam helps reduce flood damage on six million acres of the lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers and reduces the frequency of flooding on another 4 million acres.
‧ To maintain the depth required for navigation, the water level in the reservoir is kept at a minimum winter elevation of 354 feet. The typical summer target level is 359 feet.
The Kentucky Hydroelectric Porject was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 2017.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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