Silt-laden water spills over the top of Matilija Dam, operated by the Casitas Municipal Water District, near Ventura, California. Its reservoir is almost full of sediment, and a new plan for removing ...

Slowly but surely, the world’s reservoirs are getting gunked up with sediment. In an unblocked river, the flowing water carries bits of sediment along—picked up from river banks or swept into the ...

Lake Erie tributaries are losing vital deep fishing pockets for steelhead and bass due to sediment. State agencies are planning habitat projects.

Tennessee American Water has completed the installation of a new sedimentation basin at its plant in Chattanooga. The sedimentation basin - which is a large pool of water with equipment to remove ...