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Months after a partial collapse in February, crews in Floyd County began demolition of the Blackiston Mill low-head dam on ...
Chemours told ProPublica that it invested more than $400 million to remediate and reduce PFAS emissions. It also noted that ...
I stripped the line and lifted the rod tip, but the line didn't move. I thought I had snagged in a rock. Then, the fish came to life and surged out into deeper water. The flash of brown tiger stripes ...
CLERMONT — A lawsuit over the drowning deaths of two West Union residents at low-head dam on the Turkey River Water Trail is back on track following a ruling by the Iowa Supreme Court. The ...
A low-head dam is a human-made structure built across a river just below the water’s surface, the ruling states. Water flows over the edge, falling about five feet to the dam’s base.
The Iowa Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit against city, county, and state officials over the drowning deaths of a mother and daughter who went over a low-head dam in Clermont.
Low-head dam safety boils down to three points: Wear a life jacket for the entirety of your trip on the water, don’t go paddling when the water level is abnormally high, and figure out in ...
The dangers of low-head dams — and their deadly currents specifically — have been known for years, according to Malott's lawsuit, which cites evidence from the dam removal case.
Firefighters in a boat located along the South Williamsport side of the Susquehanna River just upstream from the Hepburn Street Dam search for a missing 10-year-old girl on Sunday, May 4.
A low-head dam is a dam with a relatively small height, typically less than 15 feet, that spans the full width of a river or stream. These dams are designed to allow water to flow continuously ...