The Colorado River is a tremendous source of freshwater in the western U.S. The river provides water to more than 40 million ...

Besides its basic functions of flood control, water diversion, and hydroelectric power generation, the Hoover Dam merits a ...

High Scalers drill into the canyon wall 500 feet above the Colorado River in Black Canyon at the Hoover Dam site ... Among them: that clean water and flush toilets be provided, that ice water ...

The building of a new dam, three times the size of the Hoover Dam, could transform a poverty ... But the Nile has been a constant source of fresh water for the region for millennia and Ethiopia ...

During the time in the early 1920s when legislation was being crafted to authorize a dam on ... Harding. Hoover was present at many of the early meetings that focused on how water would be ...

plus a tunnel drilled in the 1930s and a platform that sits on top of a 30-foot-wide water pipe. Both on-site guided tours include stops inside the power plant, but only the Hoover Dam Tour offers ...

Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Although it might pale in comparison to some of the natural wonders of the world, the Hoover Dam is definitely a wonder of the engineering world. Finished in ...

Californians have been told to conserve water at home or risk mandated water restrictions as a severe ... catastrophe kind of unfold". The Hoover Dam Farmers are already feeling the pain.

If you're planning things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic Landmark that diverts water from the Colorado River to various corners ...