Tag Archives: Dams

The “Messiah” of the Desert?: Floyd E. Dominy and Water Conservation in the West

Posted on March 6, 2023 by ahcadmin

Concern over the future of water in the West is growing. Record breaking droughts and rapidly growing cities where water is already scarce has strained the current water infrastructure to its limits. The current path appears unsustainable, so in the … Continue reading →

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Hydro-power and the Pacific Northwest: The Louis E. Rydell Papers

Posted on January 4, 2012 by ahcadmin

Louis Ernest Rydell (b. 1899) was a civil engineer whose work included the planning of river basins for development of hydro-electric power, flood control, navigation, and irrigation, both in government work and with private firms. Much of his work has … Continue reading →

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It’s About Dam Time!

Posted on July 26, 2011 by ahcadmin

Have you ever passed a dam and paused to think of how it came to be? In the early and mid 20th century, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation industriously set to altering much of the hydrological … Continue reading →

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