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.

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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