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...foundation structure below water level. Usually this is done using coffer dams and caissons, which themselves may involve underwater work. ...lt environment, including [[public works]] such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, [[sewage system]]s, pipelines, structural components of building ...

...ower generation is regarded as being cleaner and [[renewable]] energy, and dams (the main source of hydroelectric production) serve multiple purposes besid ...mber 1997 |title=Gaseous emissions and oxygen consumption in hydroelectric dams: A case study in French Guyana |journal=Global Biogeochemical Cycles |langu ...

...th there being 1,233 regulated dams in Washington State.<ref>“Inventory of Dams Report,” Department of Ecology State of Washington, https://fortress.wa.gov ...

.../20140804035516/http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2666/how-long-are-dams-like-hoover-dam-engineered-to-last |date=4 August 2014 }}. Straightdope.com ...

...collect or store water which can be evenly distributed between locations. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structu ...Dholavira had an intricate water-management system with 16 reservoirs and dams. The Great Dam of Marib in Yemen, built between 1750 and 1700 BC, was an en ...

...sed for referring to storage capacity and actual storage volume of storage dams. ...

...fecting habitats and ecosystems, and siltation and erosion patterns. While dams can ameliorate the risks of flooding, [[dam failure]] can be catastrophic. ...ntal issues.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 November 2018 |title=Large hydropower dams not sustainable in the developing world |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc ...

...complexity, the availability of local resources (e.g. suitable valleys for dams), the interconnectivity with other generating networks, and the response ti ...

...r outflow of groundwater to or from the area, stream modifications such as dams and irrigation diversions, as well as evaporation and [[evapotranspiration] ...

* Leakage detection at dikes and dams ...

...W of electrical power generated, over 93% of that comes from hydroelectric dams and 85% of that generation capacity comes from three hydroelectric generati ...Robert-Bourassa Dam (formerly La Grande-2 Dam), one of many hydroelectric dams supplying power to the load centres of Montreal, Quebec City, and the North ...

[[File:Hoover dam from air.jpg|thumb|Large dams, such as [[Hoover Dam]] in the United States, can provide large amounts of [[File: Dreischluchtendamm hauptwall 2006.jpg|thumb|Large dams such as [[Three Gorges Dam]] in China can provide large amounts of [[hydroe ...

====Hydroelectric dams==== Hydroelectric dams with large reservoirs can also be operated to provide peak generation at ti ...

...scharge]]s and [[drainage basin]], and leverages its resources by building dams and locks to increase and lengthen its stretches of slack water levels whil ...t to deteriorate, or kept in service and staffed by state employees, where dams and locks are maintained for flood control or pleasure boating. Their repla ...

...al parts of the oceans, and inland bodies of fresh water, including lakes, dams, quarries, rivers, springs, flooded caves, reservoirs, tanks, swimming pool ...

...r much longer. Bulk energy storage is currently dominated by hydroelectric dams, both conventional as well as pumped. [[Grid energy storage]] is a collecti In this mode, dams are one of the most efficient forms of energy storage, because only the tim ...

...in Dam Safety. Thomas Telford</ref><ref>International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) (2003) Risk Assessment in Dam Safety Management. ICOLD, Paris</ref> | Roads, bridges, dams, buildings, [[structural system]], [[Foundation (engineering)|foundation]], ...

...estment and revenue to be created. Examples of these high technologies are dams, [[nuclear power plant]]s, and airports. They usually cause externalities o ...

...cycle|gas]], and [[nuclear power]]ed plants, as well as [[hydroelectric]] dams and large-scale [[photovoltaic power station|solar power station]]s, are ce ...or even regional scale. ''Microhydro kinetic generators'' neither require dams nor impoundments, as they utilize the kinetic energy of water motion, eithe ...