A Dam Disaster in the Making?

While the American dam infrastructure is normally in the news only with the help of ASCE or ASDSO, this week it has caught the attention of WIRED magazine. After the failure of a hydroelectric dam in Russia, more people are turning their attention (seriously, this time) to the hundreds of dams in the United States in need of maintenance or replacement. Read Alexis Madrigal’s article “Old American Dams Quietly Become a Multibillion-Dollar Threat.”