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Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program

Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program

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Technology & EngineeringGeneral Political Science

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ISBN10: 0309125278
ISBN13: 9780309125277
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: Dec 13 2008
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.91 Depth: 8.81
Language: English
The water impounded behind a dam can be used to generate power and to provide water for drinking, irrigation, commerce, industry, and recreation. However, if a dam fails, the water that would be unleashed has the energy and power to cause mass destruction downstream, killing and injuring people and destroying property, agriculture, industry, and local and regional economies.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is responsible for managing and operating some of this nation's largest and most critical dams. The failure of one or more of these dams as the result of a malicious act would come with little warning and a limited time for evacuation.

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