Thousands of run-down US dams would kill people if they failed, study finds
by Emily Holden in Washington from Environment | The Guardian on (#53TV9)
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More than 15,000 dams in the US would likely kill people if they failed, and at least 2,300 of them are in poor or unsatisfactory condition, according to recent data from the federal government's National Inventory of Dams.
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