The National Park Service has awarded Montana-based Barnard Construction Company Inc. a $26.9 million contract to remove the 12-MW Elwha and 12-MW Glines Canyon dams from the Elwha River in Washington.

Vietnam-based infrastructure development firm Cavico Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Cavico Bridge and Tunnel, has broken through the sub-tunnel at the A Luoi hydro project. Cavico excavated approximately 1,950 meters, or 6,400 feet, of tunnel from the sub-tunnel No. 1 to sub-tunnel No. 2.

The Bureau of Reclamation has issued an update on the activities concerning Safety of Dams (SOD) issues at Red Willow Dam in Nebraska.

Seattle City Light is preparing for a major maintenance project at Boundary Dam on the Pend Oreille River in northeast Washington that will require lowering the reservoir behind the dam in September, Seattle City Light reported.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation crews will begin drilling and installing numerous dewatering and observation wells at Echo Dam to lower the groundwater table in the area immediately downstream of the dam to accommodate subsequent seismic retrofit work. This work to be done is part of Reclamation's Safety of Dams Program, which ensures dams are inspected for safety deficiencies and corrective actions are implemented if necessary, USBR reported.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Oregon-based Jensen Drilling Company a $1.94 million contract to upgrade the dam safety monitoring system at the 402-MW Dworshak dam and hydroelectric project in Idaho.

Residents in Iowa were fleeing their homes Saturday as the Lake Delhi dam burst, causing flooding that resulted in millions of dollars in damage, according to reports from local media and wire services.

China's Three Gorges Dam, which spans the Yangtze River in Yichang, Hubei Province, has passed the greatest test of its flood control capabilities since its completion in 2009 as the structure played a critical role this week in controlling massive flooding.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded an $882,000 contract to Taylor Construction Inc. for rehabilitation of the main dam and stilling basin of Coralville Dam on the Iowa River in Iowa.

The World Bank announced it has approved a $200 million loan to support the Huai River Basin Flood Management and Drainage Improvement Project in China.