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What happens if Lake Mead hits dead pool and Hoover Dam stops working?

Por: Newsweek Tech February 18, 2023

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The Hoover Dam, standing 726.4 feet tall, is one of the greatest feats of American engineering—and one of its most important. The dam formed Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S., which irrigates 1,500,000 acres of land and provides water to over 16,000,000 people—a vital source of life to the populations of California and Nevada.But what would happen if it were to break—and how likely is that? As the water levels of both... + full article



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