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Dammed Trouble

When dams were originally designed, their purpose was to create power, allow for easier water accessibility, prevent flooding in certain areas, and provide water to be used for agriculture and farming activity. Some people view these dams as beneficial because, on the surface, they are low in cost and are able to use an exploitable resource, water, instead of an important nonrenewable resource, such as coal or oil. However, the building of dams introduces some key disadvantages that far outweigh the benefits that they produce. Those that oppose the furthering of dam building as an industry in the United States argue that dam building only brings about events and issues that cause a regression in our nation's urbanization. Of the many issues that are brought to light by the introduction of more dams, there are several that cannot go unnoticed in the eyes of the United States government. Dams, though beneficial in some ways, prove to be hazardous because of the......

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