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Writing by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy
Editing by Alexander Williard
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Sound by Graham Haerther
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Edenville Dam collapse video courtesy Lynn Coleman

References
[1] https://www.rivernet.org/manibeli.htm
[2] https://www.internationalrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/86/2020/05/the_world_banks_big_dam_legacy.pdf
[3] https://ejatlas.org/conflict/yacyreta-dam-on-the-parana-river-argentina
[4] https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/assumptions/pdf/table_8.2.pdf
[5] https://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2019/11/15/long-considered-a-clean-energy-source-hydropower-can-actually-be-bad-for-climate/
[6] https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/fema_living-with-dams_p-956.pdf
[7] https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Troubled-Waters-A-look-at-Boyce-Hydro-rsquo-s-15304102.php
[8] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-21/michigan-flood-puts-privately-owned-dams-in-a-critical-spotlight
[9] https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2018/09/federal_energy_regulatory_comm.html
[10] https://damsafety.org/MI-Final-Report
[11] https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/02/14/no-pending-oroville-but-michigans-aging-crumbling-dams-pose-risk/97909634/