Video: The Hidden Disaster Waiting Above Our Communities

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Some of the most dangerous dams in the American West are the ones you’ve never heard of. Aging earthen dams, hidden internal erosion, growing communities downstream—and repair bills that far exceed available funding. Our new mini-documentary looks at what nearly happened at McLeod Dam, what the 1976 Teton Dam disaster taught us, and the hidden risk still sitting above communities today. Watch: The Hidden Disaster Waiting Above Our Communities:

https://youtu.be/zY72Fstrim4?si=cHeHj7oPWrgjcPvT

The Hidden Disaster Waiting Above Our Communities (https://youtu.be/zY72Fstrim4?si=cHeHj7oPWrgjcPvT)

Deborah

Since 1995, Deborah has owned and operated LegalTech LLC with a focus on water rights. Before moving to Arizona in 1986, she worked as a quality control analyst for Honeywell and in commercial real estate, both in Texas. She learned about Arizona's water rights from the late and great attorney Michael Brophy of Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite. Her side interests are writing (and reading), Wordpress programming and much more.

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