“That's what they say. It's the perfect drowning machine." During water rescues near the dams, Huntoon said rescuers typically use a two-boat system. "It takes a lot of practice to coordinate ...

Renee Ritchie is far too familiar with how these dams can change people’s lives. “We went to get in the water. She wasn’t in any deep water. She was in the shallows,” Ritchie said.

BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. - Water ... machine," Bracewell said. These currents form at the base of waterfalls, around boulders and even in small streams, but the ones at the bases of low head dams ...

MADISON, N.C. -- Rescuers say a dam on the Dan River is so dangerous that they call it a "drowning machine ... near the dam and got pulled under water by the current. He was able to escape ...

Various drilling and coring methods are then applied ... such as spillways or retaining walls to reduce the dam’s height or eliminate its water-retaining capabilities. Proper decommissioning ...