The dams in question include Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite dams.
"We're hoping that there will be no more breaching of the dams, " Gordon said.
For structural work on the dams, including major repairs, neighbours started to organize themselves into groups.
Officials point out that opponents of the dams have failed to propose a feasible alternative.
However, as British Columbia is proving, hydroelectric power generation is not limited to just dams.
China is building dams along its major and minor rivers to reduce reliance on coal.
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Beyond that, there are few, if any, new opportunities for the construction of new dams.
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At least with the New Deal we got some bridges and dams to show for it.
Hydropower is about 3 percent, and building more dams would also have environmental effects.
In Iran, bloggers mounted a campaign to publicise the threat to wetlands from roads and dams.
The Chinese have already constructed several dams across the upper reaches of the Mekong within China.
Because these dams can cause environmental damage, conservation groups say they should be removed.
Dams offer a renewable energy source, providing the means for irrigation, transportation and flood protection.
But many dams, especially those built during the Industrial Revolution, have outlived their usefulness.
There are dams all around the country, guarding all main river estuaries and sea inlets.
Mozambique's catastrophe worsened when locks in neighbouring countries were opened to prevent dams from bursting.
If General Musharraf wants the dams built, he should start by increasing that number.
One study showed that extreme precipitation increased by 4% per year after dams were built.
Seasonal rains produce muddy rivers, with higher sedimentation than northern countries' dams filled with melted snow.
But roads, transport systems, power plants and dams have not weathered the crisis well.
Electricity from the hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Spokane rivers is 50% cheaper than in California.
The Canal Corporation operates a series of dams and locks on the river to create navigable channels.
Eleven dams have been identified for year-round power generation in the mainstream of the lower Mekong basin.
Before long, it was financing the construction of roads and dams throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
All of which is fine and dandy for safer dams and better sewers, which threaten no one.
The city's master plan proposes three new dams, but they will not be finished for several years.
Dams are springing up on Myanmar's rivers, to generate hydropower to keep the lights burning in Yunnan.
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He tells us this city now relies on geothermal energy, along with hydroelectric dams for its electricity.
More large dams have been proposed for the Yangtze's upper reaches and on the parallel Nu River.
There are no dams and no pollution, two man-made insults that have destroyed runs of salmon in more developed areas.
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