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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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
More than 80 second grade students from Cortez Elementary, a math and science magnet school in Pomona, Calif., took a field trip to Prado Dam May 16. The tour included a nearly two-mile trek through the flood control basin up to the dam's 627-foot control tower.
In 1966, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District constructed the Ajo Detention Basin where the present-day Kino Environmental Restoration Project lives.
The basin, in its original state, was effective at flood control, but provided no water harvesting or wildlife habitat.
In the mid 1990s, using the authority of Section 1135, Water Resources Development Act of 1986, that allows the Corps to plan, design and build modifications to existing Corps projects--or areas degraded by Corps projects--to restore aquatic habitats for fish and wildlife, a plan was formed.
"The Corps and stakeholders from Pima County and the Pima County Regional Flood Control District developed a plan for KERP," said John Drake, a senior civil works project manager. "The modified basin created native ecosystems that are environmentally sensitive."
The project also added to the basin's flood control capacity and allowed for storm water harvesting to meet the irrigation needs of the Kino Sports Complex, Sam Lena Park and numerous sites along Ajo Way. The County estimates an average annual savings of $350,000 in irrigation costs since KERP's completion in 2002.
"The County is very progressive in managing the full purpose of the floodplain; flood conveyance, groundwater recharge and fish and wildlife habitat," added Drake.
KERP works in concert with other basins, like Rodeo, Kolb Road, Arroyo Chico and the Cherry Field complex that doubles as home to the Tucson High Magnet School's baseball and softball teams. The campus of THMS is also the site of the High School Wash Box Culvert inlet completed in April. This segment of the Arroyo Chico Multi-use Project greatly reduced the flood risk for more than 1,000 residential, commercial and industrial structures.
I went to the Nimbus Dam in Folsom California to see if there was any water being released after all of this rain. Most of the flood gates were open, but not all.
In Columbus, Georgia, on January 3rd, 2018, Lindsey Creek as viewed from a bridge near the intersection of Midtown Drive and Boxwood Boulevard, on the grounds of the Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts.
Lindsey Creek flows to Bull Creek, which flows to the Chattahoochee River, which flows to the Apalachicola River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
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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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
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ADB is helping Bangladesh establish sustainable small-scale water resources management systems. The project will develop 230 subprojects in the areas of flood control, drainage, and irrigation. It will strengthen the capability of agencies overseeing the sector, and develop water management cooperative associations that will undertake the day-to-day operations of small-scale water services.
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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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
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On the Columbia River at Revelstoke (east end of the Bridge)
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For 1200 miles, in two countries, the Columbia carves its way to the Pacific Ocean. Named after Robert Gray's ship the 'Columbia', it was first mapped in 1811 by David Thompson. This 'highway' for traders, missionaries and gold miners later became a route for sternwheelers. Dammed for flood control and hydro-electric power the river continues to serve the Pacific Northwest.
The Willow Patch consists of 4 basins for the retention of stormwater. The basins are separated by weirs made of reused sidewalks from the catchment area (where the stormwater comes from).
ADB is helping Bangladesh establish sustainable small-scale water resources management systems. The project will develop 230 subprojects in the areas of flood control, drainage, and irrigation. It will strengthen the capability of agencies overseeing the sector, and develop water management cooperative associations that will undertake the day-to-day operations of small-scale water services.
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Photo of a Granite Construction crew repaving a section of The Loop along the north bank of the Rillito River between North Oracle Road and North Flowing Wells Road on April 26, 2014. The Pima County project is repaving The Loop from North La Cholla Boulevard to North Campbell Avenue.
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
ADB is helping Bangladesh establish sustainable small-scale water resources management systems. The project will develop 230 subprojects in the areas of flood control, drainage, and irrigation. It will strengthen the capability of agencies overseeing the sector, and develop water management cooperative associations that will undertake the day-to-day operations of small-scale water services.
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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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
In March, hydroseed was sprayed onto the newly infilled L-13 Canal levee ditch to help prevent erosion.
In 1966, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District constructed the Ajo Detention Basin where the present-day Kino Environmental Restoration Project lives.
The basin, in its original state, was effective at flood control, but provided no water harvesting or wildlife habitat.
In the mid 1990s, using the authority of Section 1135, Water Resources Development Act of 1986, that allows the Corps to plan, design and build modifications to existing Corps projects--or areas degraded by Corps projects--to restore aquatic habitats for fish and wildlife, a plan was formed.
"The Corps and stakeholders from Pima County and the Pima County Regional Flood Control District developed a plan for KERP," said John Drake, a senior civil works project manager. "The modified basin created native ecosystems that are environmentally sensitive."
The project also added to the basin's flood control capacity and allowed for storm water harvesting to meet the irrigation needs of the Kino Sports Complex, Sam Lena Park and numerous sites along Ajo Way. The County estimates an average annual savings of $350,000 in irrigation costs since KERP's completion in 2002.
"The County is very progressive in managing the full purpose of the floodplain; flood conveyance, groundwater recharge and fish and wildlife habitat," added Drake.
KERP works in concert with other basins, like Rodeo, Kolb Road, Arroyo Chico and the Cherry Field complex that doubles as home to the Tucson High Magnet School's baseball and softball teams. The campus of THMS is also the site of the High School Wash Box Culvert inlet completed in April. This segment of the Arroyo Chico Multi-use Project greatly reduced the flood risk for more than 1,000 residential, commercial and industrial structures.
This can be used to regulate the flow of the River Rother and a barrior can descend to assist in flood control especially on the adjacent floodplain of Woodhouse Washlands.
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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-0011, 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.
Yep, the water is flowing INTO the Oosterschelde, not into the North Sea. A red truck drives across the barrage.
"What avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"
—Aldo Leopold
Unnamed on various maps I've consulted, but this place is very important!
Generally, wetlands are hugely productive and comparable to rainforests in the amount of species supported. As a buffer zone, a wetland will filter and control the flow of water, improving quality and controlling flooding. More wetland benefits
You will encounter this beaver pond* just East of Government Peak in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness.
The pond is the most visible headwaters of the Carp River, which flows roughly South and then West to feed Lake of the Clouds, and drain further beyond into Lake Superior.
*I'd also call it a moose pond but no moose. Instead we spotted a fine beaver lodge.
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
Brian Szydlik (left), chief of contract administration for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway project, leads a group of representatives from the World Bank on a tour of the spillway's construction site June 19, 2013, in Folsom, Calif. The bank is interested in learning about the latest technology in urban flood control so they can make informed decisions when funding projects. (U.S. Army photo by Todd Plain/Released)
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
The first of six 1955 vintage Fairbanks Morse engines at the S-5A pump station is headed to Houston for an overhaul. Contractors removed the 10-cylinder opposed piston engine Friday and prepared it for shipment. The engine will be refurbished and converted to dual-fuel operation (natural gas and/or diesel) as part of a $56 million project to ensure the pump station’s continued operation for decades to come.
Located in Palm Beach County, the S-5A is the largest of more than 70 SFWMD pump stations. Operating at full capacity, it can pump up to 3.1 billion gallons of water over a 24-hour period.
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
SFWMD crews have completed installation of two 42-inch temporary pumps at Cocohatchee Weir No. 1 in Collier County. The pumps are operating to help lower water levels in the Big Cypress Basin flood control system following Hurricane Irma.
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-0010, 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.
Historic Olmos Dam in San Antonio, Texas. The dam was constructed 1925-25 to provide flood control following a devastating flood in September 1921. The original 1,941 ft. concrete gravity dam contained a narrow road across its top. An improvement project was constructed 1979-80 to strengthen the dam and construct a 1,152 ft. emergency spillway to allow water to overtop the dam if necessary. The roadway was removed and replaced with a domed concrete cap to create the spillway and a concrete slope was added to the dam's downstream side. The dam is also known as the Olmos Creek Detention Dam.
To help prevent flooding in San Antonio, a 3-mile diversion tunnel for the San Antonio River was constructed by the Corps of Engineers in 1997.
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
Brian Szydlik (left), chief of contract administration for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway project, leads a group of representatives from the World Bank on a tour of the spillway's construction site June 19, 2013, in Folsom, Calif. The bank is interested in learning about the latest technology in urban flood control so they can make informed decisions when funding projects. (U.S. Army photo by Todd Plain/Released)
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 dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
More than 80 second grade students from Cortez Elementary, a math and science magnet school in Pomona, Calif., took a field trip to Prado Dam May 16. The tour included a nearly two-mile trek through the flood control basin up to the dam's 627-foot control tower.
Teams from the SFWMD Homestead and West Palm Beach field stations work to complete installation of temporary pumps at the S-176 structure in southern Miami-Dade County. The pumps will increase the amount of water that can be moved through the S-176 to help relieve high water levels threatening Everglades wildlife in Water Conservation Area 3A.
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