Failure of a dam can cause loss of life, property damage, serious economic loss, and the lost value of services (e.g., power, water, irrigation, and recreation). Locations downstream are most vulnerable, as in the Johnstown Flood of 1889 that caused 2,200 deaths. In 1976, the failure ...
This year petals fluttered off branches into raging irrigation ditches that only a few months earlier had twisted across the dry dust like coils of snake molt. California has a temporary reprieve. At the Woodville Public Utility District, 60 miles southeast of Fresno, Ralph Gutierrez has watched ...
Historically, the annual gross revenue exceeds $60,000 and the annual operation costs are less than $13,000 (including all materials, supplies, inventory, labor, property taxes, insurance, advertising, utilities; gas, electricity, water, sewer, trash, and telephone services). Unlike most retail ...