Staffordshire County Council said the floods, caused by melting snow and rain, had washed away a temporary dam it had built.
So would the World Bank today lend money for an Aswan dam if it did not already exist?
As they dig into ancient bedrock for their futuristic dam, it seems the Ethiopians believe this is a risk worth taking.
It is true that opponents of the dam worry that it will endanger species of mammals and deplete fisheries, destroying local livelihoods.
Moreover, even if it does rain in the region, it would take two to three days for that water intake to be recorded at the dam, since it takes that much time for the water to travel to the turbines.
No tribal lands will be flooded to build the dam, if it indeed gets built.
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For a few years Beaver Dam Farms operated as it did when it was owned by Rogers: a private family retreat and home.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said that if the dam were to break it could flood Kentwood with 17 feet of water in an hour and a half.
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However, by the end of the century, plans were afoot to dam the Nile and it looked as though the Great Temple was doomed to be buried again, although on this occasion its coverage was intended to be water.
And at the time, it was the largest dam in the world. (Applause.) Even today, it stands as a testimony to American ingenuity, American imagination, the power of the American spirit -- a testimony to the notion we can do anything.
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It may also fear a dam-bursting effect if the SEC finds nasties in the Longtop accounts that prompt it to demand other companies' audit papers.
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The most common way of disposing of mine waste is to dump it behind a dam.
At the height of the flood, engineers feared a bridge on the Pawtuxet was going to collapse, taking with it a nearby dam, which in turn could have taken out another dam.
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Nietzel says the most common place the clues about "where warm waters halt" first lead people is to Eagle Nest Lake, about 100 miles north of Santa Fe, because it has a dam that holds back warm water and is known for its brown trout.
As it now stands, it is unlikely this dam will be constructed on schedule.
When the dam was completed in 1935, it delighted socialists by demonstrating that a government project could pay for itself, in this case, by generating power.
Although Mullaiperiyaru dam is located in Kerala, it is operated by the government of Tamil Nadu which signed a long-term lease with the former British government.
The costly project remains in limbo because Norte Energia has been unable to tap the financing it needs to meet all 40 environmental prerequisities before it starts building the dam.
The Chinese government sent about 2, 000 soldiers to make the repairs to Zipingku Dam on Wednesday, fearing that it might collapse and flood the hard-hit city of Dujiangyan, according to a statement on the Sichuan government Web site.
It is also building a dam and handing out scholarships to young Afghan students.
Not only does this threaten the whole of the Nile delta, once the breadbasket of the Roman world, it also means that the dam, like so many others, cannot last.
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And could it be trout farming below the dam at Dolores square plastic-lined pools in which writhing motion could be detected, as if someone were boiling a great stew of fish rather than breeding them?
"We are hoping this study will in some small way help people feel more comfortable with the idea of removing a dam, and that more people will see it for what it is, " Johnson said.
But when it comes to the monstrous Belo Monte dam in Para state, what else is new?
It would involve the construction of a dam, reservoir, underground power station and water tunnels in the hills above Loch Lochy.
But back in 1963, while the reservoir dam in Cwm Tryweryn was still under construction, it was the actions of three young men that were making the headlines.
It has now put a break in the dam to control drainage around the site.
It said it would delay plans to expand its Olympic Dam mine in Australia.
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