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Increased rain from Climate Change meets 90K poorly maintained dams in the US reaching the end of their 50-60 year design life.



There are more than 90,000 dams in the United States. Many of those dams are at risk of failure. “Most of them were built more than 50 years ago. Usually, the design life of a dam is between 50 and […]

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