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January 25, 2010

Study offers new models for dams

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — As the climate gets warmer, the old rules for when to let water out of Columbia Basin dams and when to hold it back won't work.

Researchers from the University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have developed computer models that simulate new operations schedules for flood control dams in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Canada.


 
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