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Study finds most large dams obsolete by 2050

Most of the world’s population by mid-century will face risks living downstream from tens of thousands of aging concrete dams, says a U.N. University report.

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By Arete News - January 22, 2021
The 116-year-old Craig Goch Dam in Wales supplies water to Birmingham (AN/Ben Salter)
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