The bottom line about removing this dam.
To remove or not to remove? That is the question. We concluded that you can't take out a dam like removing a plug from a bathtub. If you do, all hell will break loose.
Instead, removal has to be done carefully. In a situation like the Conowingo Dam project, with large amounts of stored sediment in the reservoir behind the dam, and the dependencies of other infrastructure on the reservoir, it would be a slow process. So we realized that the time horizon on this project would be years, if not decades. But thinking about it is a good place to start.
Ours was not an engineering class, although we did have engineer informants. Thus, our site does not describe engineering aspects - rather, we thought of what the issues are, thought of some possible solutions, and created visions of a future without the dam. If you are an engineering class, you can pick up where we left off...
Instead, removal has to be done carefully. In a situation like the Conowingo Dam project, with large amounts of stored sediment in the reservoir behind the dam, and the dependencies of other infrastructure on the reservoir, it would be a slow process. So we realized that the time horizon on this project would be years, if not decades. But thinking about it is a good place to start.
Ours was not an engineering class, although we did have engineer informants. Thus, our site does not describe engineering aspects - rather, we thought of what the issues are, thought of some possible solutions, and created visions of a future without the dam. If you are an engineering class, you can pick up where we left off...