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Infrastructure, aging and proposed, is the biggest threat to America's rivers
rivers, according to a leading conservation group.
This week, American Rivers released its list of the ten most endangered rivers in America, highlighting threats that come not from pollution, once the primary threat to rivers, but from aging levees and proposed dams, highways, and mines.
“Water is life, yet our nation’s water infrastructure is so outdated that our clean drinking water, flood protection and river health face unprecedented threats," said Rebecca Wodder, president of American Rivers. "Our country needs the smart, cost-effective solutions for clean drinking water, flood protection and river health ... that will bring us into the 21st century.”
The conservation group called for intelligent, green engineering to update the old river infrastructure and install the new. Its list of endangered rivers:
1 Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta System, California
Threat: Outdated Water Supply and Flood Management Systems
2 Flint River, Georgia
Threat: Proposed Water Supply Dams
3 Lower Snake River, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
Threat: Four dams
4 Mattawoman Creek, Maryland
Threat: Proposed Highway
5 North Fork of the Flathead River, Montana
Threat: Proposed mines
6 Saluda River, South Carolina
Threat: Sewage Pollution
7 Laurel Hill Creek, Pennsylvania
Threat: Water Withdrawals
8 Beaver Creek, Alaska
Threat: Proposed oil and Gas Development
9 Pascagoula River, Mississippi
Threat: New petroleum storage
10 Lower St. Croix River, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Threat: Loss of Wild and Scenic River protections
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