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A check dam is a small, sometimes temporary, dam constructed across a swale, drainage ditch, or waterway to counteract erosion by reducing water flow velocity. [1] Check dams themselves are not a type of new technology; rather, they are an ancient technique dating from the second century AD. [ 2 ]
A check dam is a small, often temporary, dam constructed across a waterway to counteract erosion by reducing water flow velocity. [ 1 ] . They are considered one of the EPA's Best Management Practices to address the physical aspects related to urban runoff , such as erosion and scour .
Bijapur Dam is situated in the Garhi Cantonment area of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. [1] The Bijapur check dam [2] was built on the Tons river close to Karkuli valley by Britishers in the year 1841, witnessing the civil engineering proficiency of British official Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, who worked on this one of the oldest check dams in Uttarakhand to improve the water supply in the region.
Silt Fence installed on a construction site.. A sediment control is a practice or device designed to keep eroded soil on a construction site, so that it does not wash off and cause water pollution to a nearby stream, river, lake, or sea.
An anicut (Originated from Tamil language அணைக்கட்டு - Aṇaikaṭṭu and Kannada language ಆಣೆಕಟ್ಟು - Āṇekaṭṭu) and also in Telugu language as ఆనకట్ట - ÃnaKaṭṭa, is a masonry check dam that is constructed across a stream to impound water for maintaining and regulating irrigation. [1]
From 2013 to 2023, 283 dams in the U.S. experienced some kind of failure, according to data provided by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials and analyzed by NBC News this summer.
A viral TikTok video claims that flooding in North Carolina was caused by the release of water from a dam, not from Hurricane Helene. “Makes since [sic]! How can a town, 2000ft in elevation ...
The vertical hard basin drop structure, also called a dissipation wall, is the basic type of drop structure.The vertical hard basin drop consists of a vertical cutoff wall, usually built of concrete, that is usually laid perpendicular to the stream flow, and an impact basin, not unlike a stream pool, to catch the discharged water.