dams
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How The Colorado River Finally Reached The Sea Again
This week, for the first time in decades, the Colorado River flowed to its natural end in the Gulf of California. But it was the opposite of a natural event. The artificially engineered “pulse flow” that pushed the waters all the way to the Gulf required an unprecedented collaboration between the US and Mexico, wading…
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Why We Don’t Design Our Cities To Withstand 1000-Year Floods
The floods in the US state of Colarado are being described as “biblical”, and that word seems to fit for once. Boulder, for example, usually gets around 380mm of precipitation annually. This year, that amount has fallen in the 10 days since September 9 alone. On September 12, they received 229mm in one day.
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How Do You Demolish This Hated Dam? Snip It Down The Middle
California’s Matilija Dam is a huge mistake. Over 60 years after its construction, engineers and ecologists are realising it does more harm than good — a feeling shared by the rogue artists who painted huge, easy instructions as a fix.
