RC Archive | Re: Dam in USA

[box_out][box_in] Many of the dams in the eastern U.S. were originally built for water diversion, agriculture, factory watermills, or other purposes that are no longer useful. Because of the age of these smaller dams, most are now at risk for catastrophic failure or partial failure. In addition, these dams block eastern anadromous fish runs, such as those for Atlantic salmon and American shad, and prevent important sediments from reaching estuaries.

In the western U.S., most of the dams are larger projects that