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Low-head dams claim as many as 50 lives a year: Feds are now cataloging them after years of inaction
The danger he wants to warn about is the drowning machine phenomena that occurs at many low-head dams — the kind ...
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Indiana Mother seeks damages from New Albany for dam drowning death
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says low-head dams can be deadly ... that the Providence Mill was dangerous, a drowning machine…” In 2021, a contractor for River Heritage ...
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Legal battles, safety concerns fuel controversy over low head dams in southern Indiana
(WDRB) -- The issue of low head dams in Indiana ... Clere’s remarks reference the drowning of AJ Edwards last Memorial Day at the Providence Mill Dam. The push to remove the dam was already ...
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DNR hires consultant to consider changes to Palisades-Kepler State Park dam
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is beginning work on plans to update the low-head dam on ...
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Low-head dams claim as many as 50 lives a year: Feds are now cataloging them after years of inaction
It’s called a drowning machine, a scientific phenomenon that often occurs at low-head dams when rivers and creeks are at a certain level, creating a backwash that churns people trapped inside it ...