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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
The River Mulcair, or Mulkear, rises in the Slieve Felim Mountains and Silvermine Mountains in Ireland, and flows through the east of County Limerick before joining the River Shannon near Annacotty. It flows through Counties Limerick and Tipperary. The principal tributaries are the Dead River, the Bilboa River and the Newport River (Tipperary). [1]
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Pennsylvania (1974) Shaw, Lewis C. (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams Part II (Water Resources Bulletin No. 16). Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey (1st ed.).
Connoquenessing Creek in Butler, Pennsylvania. In 2000, a scientific study was conducted to determine the health of the creek. Researchers discovered that only the Mississippi River received more toxic materials than the Connoquenessing, making the small river the second most polluted waterway in the United States.
State: Pennsylvania: County: Westmoreland: Physical characteristics; Source: North Branch Sewickley Creek divide • location: about 0.25 miles northwest of Humphreys, Pennsylvania [2] • coordinates: 1] • elevation: 1,170 ft (360 m) [2] Mouth: Sewickley Creek
Water travels 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (5.5 km) in a 13-foot-diameter (4.0-meter) steel pipe (originally wood) to power two turbines which combined can generate 44 megawatts of power. Discharge is into the Lakawaxen River, which flows into the Delaware River. PP&L managed the 3,300 acres (1,300 hectares) of land around the lake until June 2015.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — The boil water advisory that was issued after a main break Monday evening in a part of Cumberland County has been lifted. Pennsylvania American Water customers in ...
The Susquehanna River, in the Mid-Atlantic States of the United States, has a collection of dams. These dams are used for power generation, flood control, navigation and recreation. The first dams at Sunbury, Pennsylvania were to support year round ferry crossings. The dams slow water, trapping silt and pollutants.