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Dujiangyan (Chinese: 都江堰; pinyin: Dūjiāngyàn) is an irrigation infrastructure built in 256 BC during the Warring States Period of China by the Kingdom of Qin. It is located in the Min River (Chinese: 岷江; pinyin: Mínjiāng) in Sichuan province, China, near the capital Chengdu. It is still in use today to irrigate over 5,300 square kilometers of land in the region. The Dujiangyan along with the Zhengguo Canal in Shaanxi Province and the Lingqu Canal in Guangxi Province are known as “The three great hydraulic engineering projects of the Qin Dynasty”.
PHOENIX – Congressman Ed Pastor of Arizona’s 4th District speaks at Tres Rios Wetlands May 10, 2010. The city’s water services department and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District dedicated the Tres Rios wetlands, reaching an environmental-restoration milestone that not only establishes and restores an historical habitat along the banks of the Salt River, but integrates cost-effective water quality improvement, storm water management, water conservation and reuse. Photo by Lee Roberts
JAMESTOWN, Ky - Chad Dahl, a team member of the Special Rope Access Climb team from the Philadelphia District inspected the hydraulic radial gates and the structure for signs of corrosion and structual damages at the Wolf Creek Dam on July 24, 2013. (USACE photos by Mark Rankin)
Suspended by rappelling cables and ropes 200 feet in the air along side Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Ky., Chad Dahl (Left) and Eddie Page, (right) two civil engineer contractors from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District inspect 10 tainter gates for signs of corrosion or structural damage on July 24, 2013. Photo by Mark Rankin
Image Title: Webster Dam
Date: c.1955
Place: South Fork Solomon River, near Stockton, Kansas
Description/Caption: Webster - Dam
Medium: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)
Photographer/Maker: Unknown
Cite as: KS-A-0009, WaterArchives.org
Restrictions: There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. While the digital image is freely available, it is requested that www.waterarchives.org be credited as its source. For higher quality reproductions of the original physical version contact www.waterarchives.org, restrictions may apply.
Final shipment to complete an order of 23 silent pumps bound for Florida's west coast from Griffin's manufacturing plant in Houston, Texas. for more on Griffin's silent pumps visit: www.griffinpump.com
Pillbox - Arizona Side - Hoover Dam
This pillbox was constructed in 1942, not too long after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The Hoover Dam's significance as a strategic target was hardly a secret, and troops were stationed there throughout the war to guard the facility from attack. A number of other gun emplacements were constructed around the Dam at that time, but this is one that remains to this day.
PHOENIX – The official delegation cuts a ribbon at Tres Rios Wetlands May 10, 2010. The city’s water services department and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District dedicated the Tres Rios wetlands, reaching an environmental-restoration milestone that not only establishes and restores an historical habitat along the banks of the Salt River, but integrates cost-effective water quality improvement, storm water management, water conservation and reuse. Photo by Lee Roberts
The Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier is on the Nieuwe Waterweg, the ship canal the connects the port of Rotterdam to the North Sea. Its two gates are each 22 meters high and 210 meters long. If a storm surge of greater than 3 meters is anticipated, the barriers will close automatically to protect Rotterdam and the vital Europort from flooding. It was completed in 1997 at a cost of 450m Euros.
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Ed Begley Jr is the first competitor to start the race. The 1st annual LA River Boat Race was held on August 30, 2014 on a 3/4 mile course consisting of small rapids and flat water located along a stretch of the river along the Glendale Narrows in the Elysian Valley. Almost a 100 participants competed in a variety of classifications that included Mens and Womens Advanced, Intermediate and Beginners as well as Youth, Tandem and Stand-Up Paddle boat. Noted Environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. kicked off the race as the first participant, which had racers going down the course solo and racing against the clock. The race was organized by L.A. River Expeditions which was founded by George Wolfe who led the 2008 LA River Expedition that led to the river being classified as a navigable river by the EPA and consequently protected under the clean water Act.
To help prevent flooding in San Antonio, a 3-mile diversion tunnel was built by the Corps of Engineers and completed in 1997. The tunnel is 24 ft in diameter and 150 ft below ground. The San Antonio River Flood Control Tunnel was designated as a Texas Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 1998.
Snowy egret (Egretta thula) - Among the most elegant of the herons, the slender Snowy Egret sets off immaculate white plumage with black legs and brilliant yellow feet. Those feet seem to play a role in stirring up or herding small aquatic animals as the egret forages. Breeding Snowy Egrets grow filmy, curving plumes that once fetched astronomical prices in the fashion industry, endangering the species. Early conservationists rallied to protect egrets by the early twentieth century, and this species is once again a common sight in shallow coastal wetlands. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Egret/overview
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Alamo Dam is located in west-central Arizona. The dam is on the Bill Williams River approximately 39 miles upstream from the river's confluence with the Colorado River at Lake Havasu. Alamo Dam and Lake is a multiple-purpose facility providing the following benefits: flood control, water supply and conservation, recreation, and fish and wildlife enhancement. Sure, the lake and camping areas get a lot of activity... downstream from the Dam has a lot to offer as well.
A half a million flags are in position Jan. 23, 2010 throughout the Tres Rios Wetlants project area to let contractors know where to place vegetation conducive to the local ecosystem. When the project is complete in March 2010, more than 520 acres of wetlands will provide a habitat for aquatic planting, terrestrial planting and animals, as well as provide options for flood control. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)
Residents keeping cool on a hot Summer evening by walking along the Los Angeles River, Bell, Los Angeles County, California, USA
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Special Rope Access Climb Team is one of three specialized inspection teams USACE uses for inspection purposes that travels to a variety of locations offering districts specific support tailored to the project needs. s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District and two civilian contractors, Eddie Page and Chad Dahl, precisely lower themselves along the concrete wall beside large spillway hydraulic radial gates at the Corps' Wolf Creek Dam, in Jamestown, Ky., July 24 to inspect 10 tainter gates for signs of corrosion or structural damage. Photo by Mark Rankin
Staff from the SFWMD Homestead and Clewiston field stations worked quickly in early March to install a temporary pump at the S-357 flood control structure near Homestead.
Increased pumping at the structure will protect families and businesses in the 8.5 Square Mile Area while emergency operations are conducted in nearby Water Conservation Area 3 to relieve flooding affecting Everglades wildlife.
For more information, see the SFWMD's March 7 operations update.
Cattle of locals from surrounding areas of Jhelum city passing by the river embankment on Tuesday, 29 May 2018.
The Flood Emergency Reconstruction and Resilience Project is part of the National Disaster Risk Management Fund and aims to provide safety to the people of Jhelum city and the surrounding localities and villages from the floods.
Photo: Nasr ur Rahman
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Morgan City, Louisiana.
The Atchafalaya River is a 137-mile-long distributary of the Mississippi River and Red River in south central Louisiana in the United States. It flows south, just west of the Mississippi River, and is the fifth largest river in North America, by discharge.
The river is formed near the small town of Simmesport at the confluence of the Red River with the Mississippi, where the Mississippi connects to the Red River by the 7-mile-long canalized Old River. It receives 30% of the combined flow of the Red and Mississippi Rivers. (The remaining 70% continues down the Mississippi River.). The volume the Atchafalaya receives from the Mississippi is controlled by the Old River Control Structure, a system of a low-sill structure, an auxiliary structure, an overbank structure, a navigation lock, and a power plant near Red River Landing, Louisiana. In times of extreme flooding, the Morganza Spillway further downstream is also used to regulate volume
If the Mississippi were allowed to flow freely, the shorter and steeper Atchafalaya would capture the main flow of the Mississippi, permitting the river to bypass its current path through the important ports of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Despite control efforts, some researchers believe the likelihood of this event increases each year due to natural forces inherent to river deltas.
The Indian Bend Wash Greenbelt flood control project / corridor in Scottsdale, Arizona. In and around the vicinity of Eldorado Park and Vista Del Camino Park, and the McDowell Road and Roosevelt Street crossings of the greenbelt. January 2008.
View of the Napa dry bypass from the Soscol Avenue bridge on July 15, 2015. The dry bypass is the latest in a series of flood risk reduction projects the Corps of Engineers and Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District are partnering on to help prevent flooding in downtown Napa. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for August 4, 2015, to celebrate the project's completion. (U.S. Army photo by Luke Burns/Released)
In a land blessed with seasonal rainy seasons and a steady supply of rains and snows during the rest of the year, the ability to regulate the path and level of water is an important public infrastructure. Before the technology of deep wells, pipes, and sewerage, much of the water for daily life, as well as industry and agriculture, came from surface sources flowing from mountain to valley to sea.
Ever since the introduction of cement technology and construction in the early Meiji period around (1880), and the times when heavy equipment for earth moving steadily improved with the steam age and then with internal combustion engines, the many public works in this seismically active country have extended to every corner of the land. Perhaps a dozen or more excavators and a few dumptrucks are parked here and there along this work site. From the perspective of the old days when labor was human instead of machine, this scale of earthmoving, water direction, and cement framing today would be even more impressive than it already is. To modern eyes just to move a basket or shovel of soil is work, but the volume of earth moved here is staggering.
In this 2-picture stitched panorama the work of redirecting, expanding, and reinforcing a water course to the east of Echizen City center is underway. It being early Sunday morning, there is no activity in sight.
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Pump house in Gondorbokhali, Narail. The Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project is providing assistance to eatablish water management organizations, rehabilitate water retention structures and flood embankments, and re-excavate clogged drainage and irrigation canals.
Credit: ADB/Abir Abdullah;
Ship passing through the 360 meter wide channel between the gates of the Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier.
The Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier is on the Nieuwe Waterweg, the ship canal the connects the port of Rotterdam to the North Sea. Its two gates are each 22 meters high and 210 meters long. If a storm surge of greater than 3 meters is anticipated, the barriers will close automatically to protect Rotterdam and the vital Europort from flooding. It was completed in 1997 at a cost of 450m Euros. It rotates on the world's largest ball joint.
11 August 2009
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Image Title: Falcon Dam
Date: c.1952
Place: Rio Grande, Falcon Heights, Texas
Description/Caption: Building of Falcon Dam on Rio Grande River Falcon Heights, Texas
Medium: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)
Photographer/Maker: Unknown
Cite as: TX-A-0008, WaterArchives.org
Restrictions: There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. While the digital image is freely available, it is requested that www.waterarchives.org be credited as its source. For higher quality reproductions of the original physical version contact www.waterarchives.org, restrictions may apply.
The Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier is on the Nieuwe Waterweg, the ship canal the connects the port of Rotterdam to the North Sea. Its two gates are each 22 meters high and 210 meters long. If a storm surge of greater than 3 meters is anticipated, the barriers will close automatically to protect Rotterdam and the vital Europort from flooding. It was completed in 1997 at a cost of 450m Euros.
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Wills Creek flowing through Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, United States
Information About Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River):
Wills Creek is a tributary of the North Branch Potomac River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States.
Wills Creek drops off the Allegheny Mountains of southeastern Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and enters the North Branch Potomac River at Cumberland, Maryland.
Wills Creek was named after Will's Town, a former settlement of the Shawnee Indians at the site of Cumberland, Maryland. After the Shawnee deserted this region, an Indian named Will lived a short distance from the site of the old Shawnee town at the mouth of Caiuctucucer. At the time of the coming of the first white settlers he was living in a cabin on the mountain side. The creek, mountain, and town were afterward named for him. Will's creek is noted on the maps of Lewis Evans (1755) and Scull (1759, 1770), and on the map in Christopher Gist's journal.
Cumberland flood control system:
In the 1950's, the city of Cumberland, Maryland and the United States Army Corps of Engineers embarked upon an 18.5 million dollar flood control program along a stretch of Wills Creek bordering the city. The project was one of the most costly public works project in the city's history. Disastrous floods from Wills Creek have ravaged Cumberland over the years, particularly in 1924, 1936, and 1942, and the Army Corp of Engineers was called upon to design a system that would prevent property damage caused by high waters. It began just upstream from the Route 40 Bridge, where the corps paved the bottom of Will’s Creek, constructing concrete walls along its banks, and implementation of a sophisticated pumping system to prevent the watershed from flooding during heavy rain. The work took a decade to complete, being finished in 1959, and has successfully prevented flooding ever since.
Information obtained at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
To help prevent flooding in San Antonio, a 3-mile diversion tunnel was built by the Corps of Engineers and completed in 1997. The tunnel is 24 ft in diameter and 150 ft below ground. The San Antonio River Flood Control Tunnel was designated as a Texas Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 1998.
Young girls walking along banks of the Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA
Snowy egret (Egretta thula) - Among the most elegant of the herons, the slender Snowy Egret sets off immaculate white plumage with black legs and brilliant yellow feet. Those feet seem to play a role in stirring up or herding small aquatic animals as the egret forages. Breeding Snowy Egrets grow filmy, curving plumes that once fetched astronomical prices in the fashion industry, endangering the species. Early conservationists rallied to protect egrets by the early twentieth century, and this species is once again a common sight in shallow coastal wetlands. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Egret/overview
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Image Title: Oroville Dam
Date: November 4, 1962
Place: Feather River, Oroville, California
Description/Caption: Artist's Conception of Oroville Dam
Medium: black and white photograph
Photographer/Maker: Unknown
Cite as: CA-A-0383, WaterArchives.org
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Special Rope Access Climb Team is one of three specialized inspection teams USACE uses for inspection purposes that travels to a variety of locations offering districts specific support tailored to the project needs. s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District and two civilian contractors, Eddie Page and Chad Dahl, precisely lower themselves along the concrete wall beside large spillway hydraulic radial gates at the Corps' Wolf Creek Dam, in Jamestown, Ky., July 24 to inspect 10 tainter gates for signs of corrosion or structural damage.
Authorized in the Flood Control Act of 1946, construction on Gathright Dam began in 1974 and completed in 1979. The dam sits about 20 miles upstream from Covington, Va., on the Jackson River in Alleghany County, Va. The intake tower allows the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District staff to not only control the amount of flow allowed to pass by the dam downstream, but also allows the staff to control the temperature of the water by taking in water from different depths of Lake Moomaw. (U.S. Army Photo)
Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Flood Control District of Maricopa County Bill Wiley welcomed staff and flood directors from 12 of 15 counties to the inaugural Arizona Flood Control District Directors meeting with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District June 8.
This meeting is similar to the one held annually with seven Southern California agencies to discuss common interest issues.
"This inaugural event was critical to establishing communication and building relationships with the entire state of Arizona's flood control districts," said Col. Kirk Gibbs, District commander. "Many of the districts are very remote and have not worked with the Corps in the past, so this session was great for providing an overview of our capabilities, processes, and accompanying challenges."
Always a key topic of concern, flood districts had money on their minds.
"Arizona as a state did very well in the fiscal year 2017 work plan," said David Van Dorpe, deputy district engineer for programs and project management. "One thing we learned is that several Arizona counties do not have the fiscal resources to address all their water resource needs. However, we identified programs that the Corps can partner with the flood control districts and begin to address their issues."
Van Dorpe and Kim Vitek, chief, programs branch, presented a Civil Works overview touching on budgeting, the Flood Risk Management program and ways the Corps can help local flood control districts.
"The Rehabilitation and Inspection Program is part of our Public Law 84-99 [Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Act] assistance program which allows the Corps to supplement local efforts to repair flood control projects after they get damaged during a flood," said Van Dorpe. "Other possible options are the Corps' Flood Plain Management Services and the Planning Assistance to States programs. These programs allow the Corps to assist state, tribal and local entities with flood plain mapping and other technical services. The PAS program is cost-shared 50/50 and FPMS is 100 percent federal."
On the success of the meeting, "Every FCD left with a greater understanding of what the Corps is about and how they can partner with us in Flood Risk Management, permitting, and disaster response," added Gibbs.
And, according to Gibbs, talks are already underway with Maricopa County to meet again next May in conjunction with another one-day conference for all FCDs to attend.
"We now have a foundation of knowledge about the Corps' set with them," said Gibbs. "I expect we will be able to expand on this throughout the coming year and into the event next year."
The study area is located Entirely within the City of Phoenix, along 8 miles of the Salt River, from 19th Avenue to 83rd Avenue, downstream (West or Oeste) of the ongoing Rio Salado project and upstream of the Tres Rios Project. The recommended plan includes restoration of nearly 1,500 acres of riparian and flood plain habitat with recreation and incidental flood damage reduction.
2nd place in the Men’s Advanced classification: Phil Beckman. The 1st annual LA River Boat Race was held on August 30, 2014 on a 3/4 mile course consisting of small rapids and flat water located along a stretch of the river along the Glendale Narrows in the Elysian Valley. Almost a 100 participants competed in a variety of classifications that included Mens and Womens Advanced, Intermediate and Beginners as well as Youth, Tandem and Stand-Up Paddle boat. Noted Environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. kicked off the race as the first participant, which had racers going down the course solo and racing against the clock. The race was organized by L.A. River Expeditions which was founded by George Wolfe who led the 2008 LA River Expedition that led to the river being classified as a navigable river by the EPA and consequently protected under the clean water Act.
Eddie Page from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Special Rope Access Climb Team is one of three specialized inspection teams USACE uses for inspection purposes that travels to a variety of locations offering districts specific support tailored to the project needs. s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District. Page scaled a large spillway hydraulic radial gate at the Corps' Wolf Creek Dam, in Jamestown, Ky., July 24 to inspect 10 tainter gates for signs of corrosion or structural damage. Photo by Mark Rankin
Snow and ice provided a winter wonderland at YoughioghenyRiver Lake. The lake is one of 16 flood control projects in the Pittsburgh District. The project provides flood protection for the Youghiogheny and lower Monongahela River Valleys as well as for the upper Ohio River. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Matt Slezak)