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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#15AEAE'><a href="http://watereducation.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b08362eb2eda2d25f75418e0&id=f6d390acf9&e=fddde7b9e5"><span style='color:#15AEAE;text-decoration:none'>New Western Water Magazine Issue Available</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The latest digital issue (Summer 2016) of Western Water Magazine – <a href="http://watereducation.us3.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=4b08362eb2eda2d25f75418e0&id=66e0799ee7&e=fddde7b9e5"><span style='color:#15AEAE'>Outdated Dams: When Removal Becomes an Option </span></a>– is now available for viewing. <a href="http://www.watereducation.org/digital-western-water-magazine/western-water-summer-2016?utm_campaign=New%20Western%20Water%20Magazine%20Issue%20Available&utm_medium=email&utm_source=bundle_and_blast">http://www.watereducation.org/digital-western-water-magazine/western-water-summer-2016?utm_campaign=New%20Western%20Water%20Magazine%20Issue%20Available&utm_medium=email&utm_source=bundle_and_blast</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>In the summer issue, Writer Gary Pitzer delves into the issue of site-specific decisions to remove dams because they are obsolete – choked by accumulated sediment, seismically vulnerable and out of compliance with federal regulations that require environmental balance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>As Pitzer writes, many dams, especially the large, rim dams at the base of most major river systems in California, serve a vital purpose – storing water that is used to irrigate farms and drinking water to millions of people as well as providing critical flood protection. In other locations across the West, however, some dam owners have determined that the cost of removal is less expensive than effecting the necessary modifications such as fish ladders or seismic safety retrofits<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Pitzer details situations when removing a dam, typically smaller local facilities, is necessary because it is unsafe or does not function any longer. The process involves much more than simply tearing down the physical structure and letting a river or creek return to its former state. It’s a major undertaking involving a multitude of groups trying to ensure the process does no harm and ultimately achieves the desired results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The article <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>discusses the renewed effort to remove four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River,</span> explores the process to demolish San Clemente Dam, and looks at ongoing discussions of removing two dams with silted-up reservoirs in Southern California. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>