Restoring rivers to their free-flowing state promises a host of environmental benefits, but contaminated sediments may cloud the picture.
dams & reservoirs
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Satellite Measurements May Help Real-Time Water Management
Upper Niger River study shows that satellite altimetry could help resource managers optimize reservoir releases even on ungauged rivers.
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Building Sandbars in the Grand Canyon
Annual controlled floods from one of America's largest dams are rebuilding the sandbars of the iconic Colorado River.
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Mekong River Dams Could Bring Future Food Security Woes
The rapid development of dams in the Mekong River Basin could pose a threat to future environmental stability.
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Downstream Effect of Blowing a Hole in a 38-meter Dam
Researchers tracked what happened to the White Salmon River after engineers removed the 100-year-old Condit Dam.
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Synthesizing Studies of Dam Removal
Dam Removal: Synthesis of Ecological and Physical Responses;
Fort Collins, Colorado, 16–20 June 2014