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A Better River For Everyone

Posted by in Whitewater on 09. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments

If nothing else, we need to make our river safer.  The lowhead dam, top, is referred to as a drowning machine.  Replacing the existing lowheads, known locally, and erroneously as cofferdams, would create a safer experience for river users.  Lowhead dams produce a dangerous, perfect hydraulic that is difficult to navigate and too often impossible [...]