Dams are damned?

Water governance can only be appreciated and acted upon systemically.  In the past this has rarely been the case, and the failures of our historical ways of thinking and acting in relation to water, just like the chickens, seem to be coming home to roost! This article makes compelling reading: 

Drought Be Damned: Has the 20th-Century Promise of America’s Dams Run Its Course?

The water crisis in the West has renewed debate about the effectiveness of major dams, with some pushing for the enormous Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River to be decommissioned.