Lake Behind Weakened Dam Lowered
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By Dylan T. Lovan  JAMESTOWN, Ky. - Rollie Vonlinger looked sadly across Lake Cumberland at some of the fishing spots he has hit over the past 30 years. It is going to be hard to get to some of those spots from now on, because the boat ramp he normally uses no longer reaches the water.
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A Las Vegas shopping center is trucking in water from as far away as Canada to fill its fountains. Reno will have to dip into its drought reserve supply for the first time in a decade. The most popular public ramp on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe is closed because there's not enough water to float a boat.
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By James Hagengruber, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun. 14--Changes in operations at the Post Falls dam could be delayed for a year, according to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Mar. 8--Any region that gets deluged like we did late last week is going to find parts of itself under water.
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By Jerry F. Rutledge, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Feb. 22--Developers have decided to scale back a major development on Phenix City's southside and eliminate its most prominent feature -- a public golf course.
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A tugboat and three barges sank Sunday after being pushed through a dam on the Ohio River by currents made stronger by heavy rains, killing three crew members. One person was missing and believed to be aboard the sunken boat.
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Scientists said that a lake in southern Chile that mysteriously disappeared last month developed a crack which allowed the water to drain away.
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Due to a drought in Utah, Glen Canyon is on its way back Â viewable in much of its former glory.
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Experts try to establish what  caused the disappearance of a glacial lake in southern Chile over just a few weeks.
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By Associated Press  GRACE, Idaho -- An aging, out-of-service dam on the Bear River in southeastern Idaho is expected to be demolished by today, a move environmentalists say will improve the habitat for dwindling numbers of Bonneville cutthroat trout.
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RICHMOND, Va. - Giant sections were taken out of roads where the earth had given way to rushing water beneath the concrete...
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The dam's governing authority is getting ready to decide what to do if there's not enough water for the future.Photos: Losing water at Hoover Dam
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Text of report by Kazakh newspaper Megapolis on 4 September  The level of water in the Shardara reservoir has gone down below the critical level for the first time in many years. Doctors are concerned about the possibility of break-out of infectious diseases in South Kazakhstan Region.
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By JOHN FLECK Journal Staff Writer  El Nio is dwindling, according to federal forecasters, diminishing the odds for a spring wet enough to refill the West's parched reservoirs.
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By MELODIE N MARTIN  The public will receive an update and have opportunities to ask questions this evening regarding plans to repair a dam on the Chickahominy River that was breached last month.
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The Matilija Dam isn't much of a dam anymore &#151; on rainy days, it looks more like a waterfall. A pile of sediment has built up so high behind the dam that when just an inch of rain falls, water spills over in glistening cascades.
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ENGINEERS were last night battling to stop a dam bursting and destroying hundreds of homes.   Some 700 people were evacuated after two cracks appeared in the structure, which holds back 100 million tonnes of water.