Sentence examples for to dams from inspiring English sources
noun
A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow.
- A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.
Serious damage to dams, dikes, embankments.
The damage to dams and reservoirs is extensive.
The same drawback, of course, applies to dams designed for flood control.
He also allocated another $30 million to a $95 million state bond issue for restoration work to dams statewide.
And now we're back to dams!" Evaluations of this work, when they have been done, have not been randomized.
As opposition to dams moderates in the West, dam builders may soon find it easier to ignore.
India has faced sometimes violent protests in recent months over proposed industrial projects, from car factories to steel plants to dams, that would displace farmers and farm workers.
Pollution can be the final straw for wildlife which has clung on, even after prized habitat has given way to dams.
Mr. McGreevey also said that $30 million would be added to a $95 million state bond issue for restoration work to dams statewide.
This means that big infrastructure projects, from new motorways to dams or dykes, take forever to agree and build far longer than in America, say.
The movement has reclaimed authority from a government that has been all-powerful until now, enforced tighter environmental standards on dangerous industries and opposed runaway development schemes, from unwanted highways and bridges to dams.
