Dams provide essential services like hydropower and flood control but inevitably trap sediment, reducing reservoir capacity over time. The Lewis and Clark Reservoir has already lost 30% of its capacity. By 2045, it could be half-filled with sediment, highlighting a slow-moving but unavoidable issue for all reservoirs worldwide.
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- global reservoir capacity loss
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- Lewis and Clark Reservoir
- long-term dam sustainability
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- reservoir capacity reduction
- reservoir sedimentation
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