Boating on the Bitterroot River, Missouri is going to be whole lot safer come spring. Construction is set to begin right after the New Year to rework the dangerous, century-old Supply Ditch Diversion Dam downstream from Corvallis. The current low-head irrigation dam creates a re-circulating hydraulic current that can swamp boats and trap floaters. There […]

WINCHESTER, MA – Good news . . . for fish, anyway Thanks to $250k in funding from the EPA Superfund, fish will now be able to cross over the Center Falls Dam (behind Town Hall and the library) and swim upstream toward Woburn and points north. Two companies, Bayer CropScience Inc. and Pharmacia LLC, both […]

ROME, Utah– Recently Enel S.p.A. (“Enel”), through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (“EGPNA”), has started operations at the world’s first integrated, commercial-scale geothermal-hydro power plant at its Cove Fort site in Utah. At Cove Fort, EGPNA added a fully submersible downhole generator technology to a geothermal injection well, combining geothermal and hydroelectric […]

SOUTH BEND, IN – The University of Notre Dame has reached a deal with South Bend allowing the school to build and operate a hydroelectric power station on the St. Joseph River. A 50-year lease approved Monday by South Bend’s parks board authorizes Notre Dame to build the station on and beneath the St. Joseph […]

(NEWSER) – It’s no surprise to anyone who’s set foot in an REI that outdoor recreation is big business, but thanks to a rare show of congressional unity, we’re about to find out exactly how big. The Denver Post reports the Rec Act was passed unanimously by both the House and Senate last month. And […]

Dina Hunt, Chair of the 2017 USSD Annual Conference Planning Committee, is pleased to announce that registration and information for our annual conference is now open. See>> https://ussdams.wildapricot.org/event-2282875 Everyone may now register for the event, for rooms at the Anaheim Marriott, and purchase booth space for the exhibition at the Anaheim Convention Center. See you […]

WASHINGTON — At the time of the year when wish lists are something children make in the hopes that Santa will stop by, Paul Rohde has his own wish list. Actually, he’s got a couple. “That’s an easy one,” said Rohde, vice president of the Midwest area for the Waterways Council. He outlined the council’s […]

Dina Hunt of MWH now a part of Stantec, chair of te 2017 USSD Annual Conference and Exhibition Planning Committee, is pleased to announce that registrations are now open for the event. The USSD room block at the Anaheim Marriott is just over 50% sold and the booths for the exhibition at the Anaheim Convention […]