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Low head dams are the drowning machine, and they can look very safe and simple.

There's a lot of pressure to get rid of these things. Maybe not as much as there should be.

Nobody really wants them anymore, it's just the cost of removal (and finding who is "responsible").

Practical Engineering discussed low head dams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVDpqphHhAE