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Earth filled embankment dams are used around the world for hydropower. The primary danger from hydropower is flooding due to dam failure, so it stands to reason
by sarchertech 3y ago
Earth filled embankment dams are used around the world for hydropower. The primary danger from hydropower is flooding due to dam failure, so it stands to reason you’d look at all dam failures when quantifying the risk.
- lazide 3y agoAs one of many examples: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam] With bonus 'recently almost failed due to construction defects and would have killed thousands of Californians if it did' history.