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hatrack

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2. To paraphrase a bit, sedimentation falls upon the just and unjust alike . . .

Reply to NNadir (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 10:41 AM

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Whatever the variability by location, and however many years it takes, all reservoirs silt up.

Speaking of China, check out the Sanmeixa Dam on the Yellow. It silted up in, IIRC, four or five years (though I believe it's been dredged and somewhat reconfigured since then). Oops.

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450 US Hydropower Sites Due For Relicensing In Next 10 Years; Average US Dam Age Is 65 Years [View all] hatrack Sunday OP

The reality is that hydropower is about to become very erratic because of the destruction of the planetary atmosphere. NNadir Sunday #1

To paraphrase a bit, sedimentation falls upon the just and unjust alike . . . hatrack Sunday #2

I'm not familiar with that one, but the one that scares me the most is, of course, the Three Gorges dam. NNadir Sunday #3

Wait until you see what they're building on the Yarlang Tsangpo . . . hatrack Sunday #4

Ow! I wasn't familiar with that one. With the destruction of the planetary atmosphere, now well underway... NNadir Sunday #5