Hydropower Dams

Dynamic views of large dams and waterways, showcasing water management systems and hydropower infrastructure in different geographical settings.

Water spilling from Clyde Dam, Clyde, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand

Water spilling from Clyde Dam, Clyde, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand

Ataturk Dam Turkey

Al Mujib dam in riverbed of Wadi Mujib river Travel to Middle East country Kingdom of Jordan - view of Al Mujib dam in riverbed of Wadi Mujib river River Arnon in winter Copyright: xZoonar.com/VVxVoennyyx 10607596

Glen Canyon Dam with Lake Powell in the Desert rural area of Page city Arizona, United States. USA Landmark environmental water resources reservoir and electricity concept.

The California Aqueduct is the state's largest and longest water transport system, stretching 444 miles from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in the north to Southern California, Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California, USA

NA, USA, Washington, Grand Coulee Dam. Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River: water backup forms Lake Roosevelt.

Trevallyn Dam spilling over during flood, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

The new Lower Yellowstone intake canal headworks structure sits on the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Mont., approximately 70 miles upstream from the mouth of the river, July 25, 2022. The diversion dam allows for approximately 55,000 acres on 500 farms in eastern Montana and western North Dakota to be irrigated using the waters of the Yellowstone River.

Hydro-electric dam on the Columbia River, showing the lower side of the dam, electric lines, and ow water level. Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Buildings, facilities and structures; Dams; Human impacts; Industries; Rivers and streams; Water management. Location: Washington. Collection: Environmental Sciences.. 1998 - 2011.

El Atazar (Community of Madrid), 08/06/2021. Report on the El Atazar dam, the main reservoir of the Canal de Isabel II. General views of the dam and the swamp. Photo: Guillermo Navarro. ARCHDC.

Trevallyn Dam spilling over during flood. Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Sundial on the dam of Castillon VerdonFrance

Water flows past the Lower Yellowstone intake canal headworks structure on the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Mont., approximately 70 miles upstream from the mouth of the river, July 25, 2022.

Alicante 9/20/2012 Rollo Reservoir in Aspe Photo Juan Carlos Soler archdc Juan Carlos Soler.

wall of Wadi Al Mujib dam in mountain valley wall of Wadi Al Mujib dam in mountain valley in Jordan Copyright: xZoonar.com/VVxVoennyyx 5034498

Upstream face of Glen Canyon Dam with water level of Lake Powell 145 feet below its normal full-pool capacity on April 12, 2005. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona.

Hydroelectricity and river flow regulation dam with reservoir, Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell, Colorado River, Arizona, U.S.A., may

Córdoba, 18/12/2017. Drought report. Wetlands and reservoirs. Iznájar reservoir. Photo: Valerio Merino. ARCHCOR.

Alicante 09/26/2013 San Diego reservoir in Villena photo Juan Carlos Soler Archdc Juan Carlos Soler.

Channel for irrigation of cultivated fields Channel to divert river water for irrigation of cultivated fields Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 8768113

Davis DamWest of KingmanArizonaUSA

A view of the Portugues Dam, Puerto Rico; according to the National Hurricane Center, the island was inundated by large amounts of rainfall, anywhere from 12 to 30 inches of rain. United States Army Corps of Engineers designed and built the Portuguese and Cerrillos Dams. They are critical to the mitigation of flooding in the region. The two dams were able to hold approximately 16,000 acre-feet of water combined during Hurricane Fiona, which is the equivalent of filling Plaza Del Caribe Mall almost 16 times. This volume of water would have flooded almost the entire urban area downstream of the dams. Rough preliminary estimates for the prevention of flood damages from both dams and associated channels are over $100 million. More importantly, thousands of lives were saved.

The San Luis Dam and San Luis Reservoir is a water-storage reservoir in the Diablo Mountains. It is part of the California State Water Project and Central Valley Project storing water taken from the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta for use down state for agricultural irrigation and the water supply for Los Angeles. Merced County, California, USA

An aerial view of the labyrinth weir, emergency spillway, and auxiliary dam at the Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project in Lake Isabella, California, Sept. 14, 2022. Crews with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District are approaching completion of construction work on the project, which includes upgrades to the auxiliary and main dams, service spillway, emergency spillway and a new labyrinth weir. The project is designed to reduce flood risk for downstream communities including Bakersfield.

ENCINO, California - The Los Angeles River flows into Sepulveda Dam Aug. 19 in Encino California. Sepulveda Dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and completed in December 1941. The Corps acquired a total of 2,131.9 acres for construction, operations and maintenance of the dam. Of the total acreage, the Corps reserves 313.0 acres exclusively for operation of the dam. Together with Hansen and Lopez, Sepulveda Dam is vital for flood risk management of portions of the San Fernando Valley and areas contiguous to the Los Angeles River. (Photo by Robert DeDeaux, Los Angeles District PAO)

Chantada, Spain - 16 April, 2022: view of the Belesar dam with hydroelectric power plant

Chantada, Spain - 16 April, 2022: view of the Belesar dam with hydroelectric power plant

The San Luis Dam and San Luis Reservoir is a water-storage ""off-stream"" reservoir and is typically low in late summer due to its heavy usage for irrigation, Merced County, California, USA

Dam releasing water on Colorado River along Interstate 55 east of Grand Junction, Colorado

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Lower Granite Dam & hydro-electric plant on the Snake River, Washington, USA. Proposed for removal to aid salmon recovery.

Aerial View of Khun Dan Prakan Chon Dam in Nakhon Nayok,Thailand

Aerial drone footage top view Water dam and reservoir lake, generating hydro electricity power renewable energy and sustainable development. High quality photo.. Aerial drone footage top view Water dam and reservoir lake, generating hydro electricity power renewable energy and sustainable development. High quality photo

USA, California. Santa Barbara County, Santa Ynez Valley, Cachuma Lake after 5 years of drought, San Rafael Mountains behind, reservoir at 14.8% capacity

Guillena (Seville), 01/04/2024. Gergal reservoir releasing water after the last rains. Photo: JM Serrano. ARCHSEV.

Page, Arizona, The water reservoir behind the Glen Canyon Dam is only 27 percent full. White rock around the lake is the 'bathtub ring,' which shows how dramatically the water has dropped.

Cooling ponds of Poonarunna 1 Bore, Kalamurina Station Wildlife Sanctuary, Lake Eyre Basin, northeast South Australia

Guillena (Seville), 01/04/2024. Gergal reservoir releasing water after the last rains. Photo: JM Serrano. ARCHSEV.

The new Lower Yellowstone intake diversion canal headworks structure sits on the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Mont., approximately 70 miles upstream from the mouth of the river, July 25, 2022. The diversion dam allows for approximately 55,000 acres on 500 farms in eastern Montana and western North Dakota to be irrigated using the waters of the Yellowstone River.

Alicante 9/20/2012 Rollo Reservoir in Aspe Photo Juan Carlos Soler archdc Juan Carlos Soler.

Daman ganga river dam , madhuvan , daman , India

Castaic Lake, a terminus of the West Branch California Aqueduct is at 55% of capacity during California's declared drought State of Emergency. Los Angeles County, California, USA

California Aqueduct irrigation canal in Antelope Valley. southern California. USA.

Effluence from Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon

The California Aqueduct is a 444 mile canal, part of the California State Water Project, that carries water from Northern California to Southern California, San Joaquin Valley, Mendota, Fresno County California, USA

The California Aqueduct is a 444 mile aqueduct that carries water from Northern California to Southern California, Merced County, California, USA.

US: Washington, Columbia River Basin, Wells Dam, fish spawning channels

USA, Nevada, Hoover Dam and Lake Mead showing fallen water levels

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

San Acacia, New Mexico, The San Acacia Diversion dam sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals. Much of the state is experiencing extreme drought, and farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their crops in the desert

Gate at Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds, Water Replenishment District - WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County

California Aqueduct San Joaquin Valley near Gustine California

Khun Dan Prakan Chon Dam with a lot of water ran through open spillway in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand

Hoover dam in Arizona and Nevada, USA

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, The Elephant Butte dam and reservoir on the Rio Grande holds water for southern New Mexico and western Texas, but is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern United States. When full, the water was up to the thin while line on the far shore than runs nearly to the top of the dam

US: Washington, Columbia River Basin, Wanapum Dam

The Portugues Dam, Puerto Rico; according to the National Hurricane Center, the island was inundated by large amounts of rainfall, anywhere from 12 to 30 inches of rain. United States Army Corps of Engineers designed and built the Portuguese and Cerrillos Dams. They are critical to the mitigation of flooding in the region. The two dams were able to hold approximately 16,000 acre-feet of water combined during Hurricane Fiona, which is the equivalent of filling Plaza Del Caribe Mall almost 16 times. This volume of water would have flooded almost the entire urban area downstream of the dams. Rough preliminary estimates for the prevention of flood damages from both dams and associated channels are over $100 million. More importantly, thousands of lives were saved.

Aerial view of Water dam and reservoir lake, generating hydro electricity power renewable energy and sustainable development. High quality photo.. Aerial view of Water dam and reservoir lake, generating hydro electricity power renewable energy and sustainable development. High quality photo

Aerial view of solar panel farm with reservoir and reflection in beautiful hills, Zadar, Croatia.

USA, California, Drought Spotlight 3 Route 66 Expedition, Parker Dam (hydrodam across Colorado River that also siphons water for Colorado Aqueduct to Los Angeles for Metropolitan Water District) (Large format sizes available)

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, The Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande holds water for southern New Mexico and western Texas, but is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern United States

Córdoba, 12/23/2021. Report reservoir, drought, dam, Guadalmellato reservoir. Photo: Valerio Merino. ARCHCOR.

California Aqueduct San Joaquin Valley near Gustine California

Damm am Palestina Lake in the rural east of Tx Dam on Lake Palestine in Rural East Texas

Turbulence below the dam, David D. Terry Lock And Dam, Arkansas, USA

South San Francisco Bay, Dumbarton Bridge, and Newark and Fremont, California. Salt evaporators and National Wildlife Refuge in both the foreground and middle ground.

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, The Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande holds water for southern New Mexico and western Texas, but is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern United States

The California Aqueduct is the state's largest and longest water transport system, stretching 444 miles from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in the north to Southern California, Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California, USA

California Aqueduct San Joaquin Valley near Gustine California

saline salt evaporation pond at lanzarote Copyright: xZoonar.com/murxxxx 13435201

Upstream face of Glen Canyon Dam

USA, California, Drought Spotlight 3 Route 66 Expedition, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino National Forest, dam at Big Bear Lake (Large format sizes available)

Flooding - Pickstown, S. D. , July 7, 2011 This photo shows the mighty turbulence caused by water releases at Randalls Dam on the Missouri River. Heavy spring rains and the melting of a record snowfalls contributed to the high water levels.. South Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Ice is forming downstream of the Pine River Dam at the Cross Lake Dam and Recreation Area in Crosslake, Minnesota, Dec. 3. Park rangers at the dam teamed up with community members from Cross Lake to host the 9th annual Light Up the Dam celebration. The annual event is a grassroots effort that includes the Crosslake Chamber of Commerce, Light Up the Dam committee, PAL Foundation, Crosslake-Ideal Lions Club, city of Crosslake, as well as volunteers and USACE staff. The event included crafts, kettle corn made over a campfire and a visit from Santa Claus.

Rye Patch Dam, Nevada

Irrigation canal for crops in California USA

02/02/2022. Aceredeo (Orense), Town flooded by the Lindoso reservoir. Photo: Miguel Muñiz. ARCHDC.

Hydro Electric Dam Spilling Water Open Gates

$Most of Victoria and New South Wales in Australia has been in the grip of an unprecedented drought for the last ten years. River levels have dropped and reservoirs are at a fractio$

Canal In The Ebre Delta Carrying Water To Fields, Catalunya, Spain, April 2010

Córdoba, 12/23/2021. Report reservoir, drought, dam, Guadalmellato reservoir. Photo: Valerio Merino. ARCHCOR.

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Water spilling from Roxburgh Hydro Dam, Roxburgh, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand.

Landscape of ecological tragedy in the Panta de Sau reservoir with four percent of water capacity in the worst drought in the history of Catalonia in Spain

A view of the Portugues Dam, Puerto Rico; according to the National Hurricane Center, the island was inundated by large amounts of rainfall, anywhere from 12 to 30 inches of rain. United States Army Corps of Engineers designed and built the Portuguese and Cerrillos Dams. They are critical to the mitigation of flooding in the region. The two dams were able to hold approximately 16,000 acre-feet of water combined during Hurricane Fiona, which is the equivalent of filling Plaza Del Caribe Mall almost 16 times. This volume of water would have flooded almost the entire urban area downstream of the dams. Rough preliminary estimates for the prevention of flood damages from both dams and associated channels are over $100 million. More importantly, thousands of lives were saved.

San Acacia, New Mexico, The San Acacia Diversion dam sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals. Much of the state is experiencing extreme drought, and farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their crops in the desert

Events at Hoover Dam in Nevada, marking the 100th anniversary of the Bureau of Reclamation

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Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell with protective and deterrent barbed wire fence around the property

Aerial views of California taken during visit of Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett

Wind power turbines under Velebit mountain view, red mud poisonous pool from abandoned factory, Dalmatia region of Croatia

Aerial photograph, sluice, Edersee lake, reduced to less than a quarter of its normal volume of water, city of Korbach, Waldeck, Hesse, Germany, Europe

CONDUCCIONES DE AGUA. Location: EXTERIOR. SOTO VIÑUELAS. MADRID. SPAIN.

Aerial view of cascading water flowing powerfully over the Alcántara Dam's structure, contrasting with the rugged, green landscape, Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain.

Water spilling from Clyde Dam, Clyde, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand

USA, Washington State. Palouse, Whitman County, No Water No Life Snake River Expedition 2 of 2015, Lower Granite Dam on Snake River, creating Lake Bryan near Almota

San Gabriel Spreading Grounds, Water Replenishment District - WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County

Landscape of ecological tragedy in the Panta de Sau reservoir with four percent of water capacity in the worst drought in the history of Catalonia in Spain

A look at the Dobczyce Lake with a concrete collector, Poland A look at the Dobczyce Lake with a concrete collector, Poland

Pipeline for HEP electricity generation River Rio Poqueira gorge valley, High Alpujarras, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Spain, Europe

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