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Daily, leaks in the foundation have to be plugged with grout -- a mixture of cement and sand. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the Mosul Dam is fundamentally the wrong structure for the location, and called it the âmost dangerous dam in the world.â. Even with careful tending, the Mosul Dam is in danger.
The dam is located approximately 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Orofino and impounds the Dworshak Reservoir for flood control and hydroelectricity generation. With a height of 717 feet (219 m), Dworshak is the third tallest dam in the United States and the tallest straight-axis concrete dam in the Western Hemisphere.he reservoir is required to maintain a minimum of 700,000 acre feet (0.86 km 3) of winter flood-storage space, and dam releases are operated so that water levels reach a maximum of 1,570 feet (480 m) in July.