Dams Do Fail!
Aug 18th, 2008 |
There are a large number of large dams (>15m in height or >5m and holding at least 3 billion litres) throughout the world. Construction of large 
dams reached its peak in 1980. However, following research which revealed that “construction of large dams is not the solution to the problem, but rather postponement of problems with far higher risk,” construction of large dams drastically dropped in the 1990s.
Apparently, dam burst study has been excluded from the Tillegra Dam Environmental Assessment at the request of the environmental consultants, Connell Wagner. The reason most likely is that it would alarm the residents of the Williams Valley if they knew the consequences of a dam burst at Tillegra.
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