A weir is a small dam built across a river to control the upstream water level. Weirs have been used for ages to control the flow of water in streams, rivers, and other water bodies. Unlike large dams ...

Early on Monday, the embankment and concrete steps adjacent to the weir dam were also damaged, with parts of them submerging into the river. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had inaugurated the dam, ...

In 2014, Mundaring Weir got a $14 million upgrade to lower the water intake level, reducing the need to transfer additional desalinated water and groundwater to supplement the dam in times of low ...

KWA said that the dam is intended to alleviate the severe drinking ... the authority planned to construct a weir that would be 45 metres long and 1 metre high across the river.