Sentence examples for security of the dam from inspiring English sources

No one is more concerned about the security of the dam than I am.

"We conducted these strikes to prevent terrorists from further threatening the security of the dam, which remains under control of Iraqi security forces, with support from Sunni tribes," Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said on Sunday.

The joints in the pipes must be made carefully and checked for watertightness as leakage would threaten the security of the dam.

Sediment's damming-of-the-dam potential means most dams have finite life spans.

Without a real top-to-bottom security assessment of the dam, closing the road is an easy way out.

By creating a false sense of security, the dam could attract more development to flood-prone areas and lead to reduced investment in downstream dikes.

In recent weeks, Major Azimi said, intelligence reports of an imminent attack caused tighter security around the dam.

City officials refused on Thursday to divulge the contents of the study, which was prepared by the Army Corps of Engineers, citing information that could jeopardize security at the dam.

And if closing the road is so vital to security, why does the Kensico Dam Plaza, the park at the base of the dam, remain open?

Proponents of the dam have maintained that these harmful effects are worth the security of dependable water and power supplies, and, indeed, Egypt would have suffered a severe water shortage in 1984 88 without the dam.

Later improvements raised the dam to 460 feet (140 metres) and further improved the security of the city.