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Managing dam hazard in changing urban spaces
15 August, 2022
Dam owners and regulators must be constantly vigilant for the creeping hazard of a changing urban landscape. With downstream housing and commercial development increasing the demands on inspections and resources constrained, regulators are turning to new digital tools to help them reduce risks and keep people safe.

Beautiful but deadly – public safety at reservoirs
07 April, 2020
The challenge of managing public safety at UK reservoirs was addressed recently at a meeting held by the British Dam Society in London. Suzanne Pritchard reports.

IHA launches online community and app for hydro professionals
20 February, 2019
Hydropower professionals from Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Pacific will be able to exchange experiences and collaborate with one another using a new online community and mobile app launched by the International Hydropower Association (IHA).

A journey from Lake Bonney to Bhutan
15 February, 2016
Whilst researching a paper on the use of siphons, Stephen Hughes from Queensland University of Technology in Australia realised that siphoning water from glacial lakes in countries such as Bhutan could help prevent dam failures and catastrophic inland tsunamis.

Software set to revolutionise hydro sites
15 September, 2015
Collaborative research has successfully combined academic skills with ideas from industry and innovation funding from the UK government. Developers of new sourcing software say that it can ease the process of locating potential micro hydro sites.

Software app designed to identify hydro locations
16 April, 2015
A technology currently in development with the University of Leicester could help to locate the best place in a river to generate hydropower.

Hydropower: underground construction update
23 June, 2014
A number of water projects are currently under construction featuring extensive underground works. Carrieann Stocks provides an update of some of the major projects underway

Tidal project switched on in Scotland, more investment approved
22 May, 2014
Scotland's energy minister Fergus Ewing has revealed that the world's first community-owned tidal power turbine has begun exporting electricity to the local grid, while also announcing millions of pounds in investment for renewable projects, including wave and tidal power.

Minnesota's largest hydro plant expected back online this summer
14 May, 2014
Minnesota Power has announced that its Thomson hydroelectric station is expected to begin generating power early this summer following extensive repair work at the historic project.

Yukon Govt takes first step in hydro plan
13 May, 2014
The Yukon Government has taken the first step in a comprehensive investigation of a new large-scale hydroelectric power facility for the Canadian territory with the release of its planning directive work plan.

World Bank to finance hydro development in Burundi
24 April, 2014
The World Bank has approved a US$100 million grant to the Republic of Burundi to finance a new 48MW hydropower project in the country.

Hydro scheme switched on in Snowdonia
24 April, 2014
A new hydro scheme began operating in Snowdonia, Wales, this week, helping to fund conservation work for The National Trust.

RCC Dams: Simplicity is the key to success
23 April, 2014
The British Dam Society’s recent meeting on RCC dams emphasised the quality, speed and economic construction which can be achieved with these structures.

New control system operational at Grand Coulee dam
23 April, 2014
A new power control system at North America's largest power plant - the 6.8GW Grand Coulee dam - is now operational using RTI Connext(TM) DDS.

Senate Finance committee approves extension of tax credits for hydropower
07 April, 2014
The US Senate Finance Committee has approved a bill that includes a two-year extension of production and investment tax credits for hydropower and other renewable energy technologies.

Pumped up potential
18 January, 2013
Currently the only technology available to provide the large electricity storage required to meet 2020 EU renewable energy targets, pumped storage can have fewer environmental and social impacts if existing dams and reservoirs are converted to this mode of hydropower. However the technology’s potential on a Europe-wide scale has never been thoroughly explored. This has prompted a joint research collaboration to develop a new methodology to assess the situation.

British Columbia releases first annual dam safety report
07 July, 2011
The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in British Columbia has released the first annual report on dam safety in the province, which found that problems at four dams in need of immediate action have been addressed, with an additional 473 identified as needing follow up action.

The tail end of a story
21 February, 2011
Born on a gold mine in South Africa, Jack Caldwell grew up around the slimes dams. He was educated as a civil engineer on a mining scholarship at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Since then he has consulted with mine owners the world over on the design, operation and closure of tailings impoundments. Here he gives a personal and straight-talking account of how to build successful tailings dams