https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/23/us/americas-aging-dams-are-in-need-of-repair.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_up_20170224&nl=upshot&nl_art=3&nlid=78638145&ref=headline&te=1
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
America’s Aging Dams Are in Need of Repair
After two weeks that saw evacuations near Oroville, Calif., and flooding in Elko County, Nev., America’s dams are showing their age.
Nearly 2,000 state-regulated high-hazard dams in the United States were listed as being in need of repair in 2015, according to the Association of State Dam Safety Officials. A dam is considered “high hazard” based on the potential for the loss of life as a result of failure....
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/23/us/americas-aging-dams-are-in-need-of-repair.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_up_20170224&nl=upshot&nl_art=3&nlid=78638145&ref=headline&te=1
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/23/us/americas-aging-dams-are-in-need-of-repair.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_up_20170224&nl=upshot&nl_art=3&nlid=78638145&ref=headline&te=1
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