A low-head dam is an engineered structure traversing the full width of a stream that creates a pool of backwater that flows downstream over the face of the dam. Low-head dams are usually less than fifteen feet high although there is not regulatory distinction for the height of a low-head dam. Low-head dams are considered extremely dangerous structures because of the hydraulic condition at the downstream face of the dam.
Low-head dams are frequently referred to as drowning machines.
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