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Aging infrastructure and rising water levels are increasing the number of dams at risk of overtopping, threatening their structural integrity and potentially putting downstream communities in peril.
The overtopping at the 1,020 MW Tala Hydropower Plant dam has been contained after maintenance crews successfully accessed the dam and lifted an overflow spillway gate on the evening of October 10.