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CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2026

Largest US Dam Removal Stirs Debate Over Coveted West Water

Golden gate bridge with bay in view

The project is estimated at nearly 450 million.

May 11, 2020
Associated Press - Engineering News-Record

KLAMATH, Calif. (AP) — The second-largest river in California has sustained Native American tribes with plentiful salmon for millennia, provided upstream farmers with irrigation water for generations and served as a haven for retirees who built dream homes along its banks.
With so many competing demands, the Klamath River has come to symbolize a larger struggle over the increasingly precious water resources of the U.S. West, and who has the biggest claim to them.

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