I guess irrigation can be "damning" to rivers :) Jokes aside, everything's a tradeoff and while flood control / irrigation is helpful to farmers, it can also i

I guess irrigation can be "damning" to rivers :) Jokes aside, everything's a tradeoff and while flood control / irrigation is helpful to farmers, it can also introduce a resiliency problem in quake zones, since a dam breakage can cause devastating floods. Actually, it doesn't even have to be an earthquake. Exhibit A: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam_crisis