The dam also regulates water flow to prevent flooding and ensure a reliable water supply for agricultural and urban use. Learning about the inner workings of the Hoover Dam gives you a deeper ...

Saturday commemorates the 89th anniversary of the Hoover Dam's completed construction ... The now-second-tallest dam was proposed to prevent flooding from Rocky Mountain snow-melting waters ...

The dam was built from 1994 to 2006, at a cost of $31 billion and displacing 1.4 million people for its construction, precisely to lessen the risk of devastating flooding along the Yangtze ...