A reservoir is a body of water held by a dam on a river or stream, usually for use in irrigation, electricity generation, or urban consumption. By catching and holding floods in spring or in a rainy season, reservoirs also prevent flooding...

Criminal investigators at the Environmental Protection Agency are looking into a 2005 reservoir collapse that flooded a state park, injuring the park superintendent and his family, documents show.The collapse of Ameren Corp.'s Taum Sauk reservoir in southeast Missouri washed mud, rocks and debris into the...

The latest round of tests show that a toxic algae bloom on Geist Reservoir continues with little change in the toxin's levels in the lake, a state health official said.Test results received late Friday show that algae levels in the 1,800-acre reservoir on Indianapolis' northeast...

A state agency has offered to let a utility resolve claims for damages and fines stemming from a reservoir breach for $125 million, according to a settlement offer obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.The Missouri Department of Natural Resources submitted the proposal to Ameren Corp....

A third man was convicted Thursday for taking part in a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme that resulted in the killing of five people whose bodies were found in a Northern California reservoir.Prosecutors argued Petro Krylov, 34, a Ukrainian, was part of a ring that sought to amass...