#Sardoba Reservoir breach

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Murky Waters Surround the Case of the Sardoba Reservoir Failure

Murky Waters Surround the Case of the Sardoba Reservoir Failure

Advertisement Early on May 1, 2020, after a long and rainy week, a section of the earthen wall forming the Sardoba Reservoir in Uzbekistan gave way. The three-year-old dam, designed to hold 922 million cubic meters of water for irrigating the surrounding regions, burst and flooded more than 35,000 hectares of land in Uzbekistan and neighboring Kazakhstan. At least 70,000 people were forced out…