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WanderingEng  ·  3193 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killing 1m people

That's one of those politically impossible situations. Either cause a small disaster now (less access to energy) or let a big disaster happen later. I suppose that explains why they used to do (and needed to continue) so much grouting. Anything to keep the energy flowing.





hyperflare  ·  3193 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's a pretty clear-cut problem, though. Replace the machines and teams, finish the replacement dam ASAP, retire this dam.

The problem is more about policitical will - like most of them.

rjw  ·  3190 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Also how do you find people willing to do it? They're pretty near a city held by Daesh.

hyperflare  ·  3186 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I assume the same way they secured it last time, stationing coalition forces there. Not that that's going to happen.