Environmentalists and adventurists push to remove archaic ‘drowning machines’ from the Midwest’s rivers
. In Iowa, almost 200 people have drowned at the hands of low-head dams—a third of them in the last two decades alone.—and in other towns across the Midwest—efforts are underway to rid rivers of these treacherous structures. Doing so brings additional benefits by opening up rivers to recreation.
But a host of obstacles—literal and bureaucratic—initially stood in his path. Chief among them were three low-head dams running from bank to bank, installed decades ago to control flooding. After the tragic drowning of a child at one of the dams in 2008, the community called for a change. With the Corps of Engineers on board, Loftis and his team set to work converting and removing the dams beginning in 2009.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
Loftis, who has a background in construction, spent months knee-deep in the river. His team used excavating machines to modify and eliminate several dams entirely before strategically positioning a mix of boulders and concrete to create desired wave effects. “We were there every day in the water, wedging rocks with prybars,” he says.
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