Presidents message November 2019                                                                                       

Advocating publicly for the positive role of dams in society is not easy especially since negative headlines tend to get much more attention. Recent headlines such as, “Dams increase the risk of malaria,” “Dams harm coastal areas far downstream,” and “Tear down deadbeat dams” are catchy but present a limited and sometimes erroneous perspective. While dams have and will continue to serve many valuable purposes, Quenching the Thirst – Sustainable Water Supply and Climate Change, written by USSD member George Annandale, presents a clear message to help dam industry professionals understand and advocate for one of the many positive roles of dams to “satisfy the water supply needs of current generations of man, without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same.”

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