A berm is a mounded area that is raised up from the surrounding soil to create a higher elevation with a gradual slope on all sides to the borders. The size and shape of the berm will depend on its ...

LAKESIDE, Utah — Crews have completed efforts to raise a berm by four feet in an "emergency surgery" effort to balance the salinity of the shrinking Great Salt Lake. "It was critical," Eric Dixon, the ...

The Shaktoolik IRA Office is a cozy retreat from the single-degree weather. Community Coordinator Sophia Katchatag sat at her desk recently, laying out the plan to spend a $1 million grant Shaktoolik ...

Crews on one of the first stages of Sussex’s flood mitigation project are “making great headway,” according to the town’s CAO. At Sussex council’s monthly meeting Monday, councillors approved ...

Collier County commissioners have approved a no-bid contract to expedite the construction of an emergency berm to protect upland property left vulnerable by Hurricane Ian. At their last board meeting ...

Marin County has begun a nearly $300,000 repair job on sections of a rapidly deteriorating floodwall shielding more than 500 homes in San Rafael. While a crew is on the ground replacing wooden boards ...

Underneath some of the snow that fell in Dorchester County, is a look in to what could be part of preventing localized ...

SCITUATE — After complaints from residents, Scituate will be reducing the size of rocks it puts on the top of the berm at Egypt Beach in an effort to shore it up against future storms. Over 130 people ...

PROMONTORY POINT, Utah — It's a sight that has railroad workers and state water officials smiling. Water is spilling over an emergency berm in Union Pacific Railroad's causeway across the Great Salt ...

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