Hillside grading upstream imposes downstream water, flood, and navigation costs

Evidence

The bulldozed slope was highly vulnerable to erosion – the steep grade and the lack of natural vegetation increased the destructive force of water – and erosion caused a number of problems below. The downhill flow of soil might silt up reservoirs, drainage channels, and harbors. Thus, the development of hillsides could threaten the quality of drinking water, increase the likelihood of flood damages, and impair commercial navigation. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 668

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Contradictory engineered water management signals the loss of flood equilibrium — Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac: With Other…, 424; Storm sewers reduce local flooding by worsening downstream flooding. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 807; Flood barriers that protect one area flood its neighbors instead — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2777

Broader Connections

• Storm sewers reduce local flooding by worsening downstream flooding. #exemplifies (0.85) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 807
• Flood barriers that protect one area flood its neighbors instead #corroborates (0.82) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2777