May 31 (UPI) --When it comes to repairing the tallest dam in America, sometimes it helps to shrink the problem to a more manageable size. That's why California water officials are relying on a scale ...

While final approval of the Springbank dry dam has been held up by regulatory hurdles, a model has been quietly built, far from prying eyes. It’s a 1/16-scale version of the project — complete with ...

As engineers at California’s Oroville dam began to investigate what led to the failure of the main spillway during heavy runoff in February and analyze solutions, they looked for help nearly a ...

Oroville >> Over 700 miles away from the Oroville Dam spillway sits its sort of little sister — a tennis-court sized replica at Utah State University, which is being tested by engineers. The 15 member ...