A dam could exacerbate future flood damage

A dam could exacerbate future flood damage

By Kevin Van Tighem, Calgary Herald January 16, 2014

Major floods are inevitable. It’s also inevitable that when there’s too much water and sediment for the river channel, the overflow will spread across the floodplain. Floodplains are, quite simply, part of the river — but only during floods.

That’s why any houses, roads, bridges, berms or other infrastructure on the floodplain are likely to be damaged during a flood; they’re in the river, after all.

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