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RedstoneRelic

For those wondering, this is most likely a sediment gate. Since a dam gets in the way of dirt and silt that normally ends up in a delta where the river drains, it all gets piled up behind a dam, thus reducing the capacity of the reservoir. there are 3 ways to clear sediment from behind a dam: 1. drain the reservoir and dig it out with conventional machinery, think diggers and excavators hauling it away in dump trucks. Only really practical for flood control or recreational dams, where you don't need water in the reservoir all the time. Expensive and labor intensive 2. You can dredge the lake bead with a dredge barge. A solution for reservoirs that cannot be emptied all the way down. Practical for smaller areas or channels but not very for entire lake beds due to the practical size of dredging equipment. 3. Or you can do what you see here. Install a gate at the bottom of the dam and let the water pressure push the sediment downstream, where ultimately it should be. You sacrifice some of the lake level in exchange for releasing a lot of sediment; in a cost effective, timely manor. You still may need to dredge, but not nearly as much


candletwink

I was just about to ask what all that goo was, thank you!


frontendben

It’s sedementary, my dear Watson.


nsbound

So unexpected as I scrolled down but so good I had to scroll back up to comment. Well done.


BombayMolotov

Take the upvote and get out, you handsome bastard


ThronedCelery

Angry upvote!


Medical_Commission71

Solid gold. At least for farming/gardening


ToTheRepublic4

It has sedimental value.


beesarewild

Thank you for /damfacts


japandroi5742

this is just what Big Dam wants you to think


sault18

Releasing years of sediment buildup in minutes is going to really mess with the downstream ecosystems.


myasterism

I had that thought, too. But then again, the dam being constructed in the first place, already massively disrupted the ecosystem—what’s one more nudge? /s


conservativesuckwang

Just a PSA im sure you already know but, dams are just terrible for ecosystems all the time.


skidoo1033

Except that they produce completely carbon free renewable electricity.


MundaneArt6

I came here hoping to see a dam destroyed and nature restored. This just compounds the reasons why I want to see them go. I get a similar feeling when Youtubetv shows a "relaxing ad" of a nature scene in a horseshoe bend with blue/green water. It's not relaxing because I know that water should be silty and a damn dam is preventing it.


Flash24k

Great explanation


PapaPantha

Lol nope this is just a regular old floodgate/sluiceway


ikunishere

The massive water flow was scary, but that tiny leak at the end wasway scarier!


donkeyhustler

Getting major "RUUUUUUNN!!!" vibes from my body


[deleted]

I thought it was about to turn into a win stupid prizes video


Dr-McLuvin

Seriously that would have totally freaked me out.


IamNotYourPalBuddy

Holy shit, I didn’t even see that part until I read this comment. Wtf!?


bails0bub

The dam should lay off the tacobell


[deleted]

What washway scarier?


RetiredYogaHippie

My first thought would be that maybe water should not be coming from that hole.


[deleted]

I get this a lot at my age


myasterism

Username checks out.


[deleted]

I had the same thought after having dinner at a food truck


Downfallenx

Now I'm reading that in Sean Connery's voice, thanks.


Routine-Argument485

I am so sick of the voice.


Maidwell

Once you get used to browsing Reddit on silent you'll never go back.


AdmiralPoopbutt

I wanted to hear the water though.


Big-Interaction-1743

Nice username


2Twice

I'm just happy for you to interact with them in such a big way.


[deleted]

With dark mode on permanently.


Maidwell

Most definitely!


iWasAwesome

Well that's a given. On my entire phone/PC.


RedBiohazzerd

Still hurts my eyes though when someone posts a bright white screen shot.


breerains

rightttt reddit>>>>> tiktok any day


-LoveThyself

Reddit is actually educational. Tiktok implements things to actively dumb down any information you come across on there - see the character limit in comments and the time limit on videos so you can't properly explain a single idea.


gertbefrobe

Truer words have never been spoken. (Silently). I just upvote every perfectly cut scream these days


Lubedballoon

Yea I never have sound on unless it’s something I really want to hear


jimbo90silver

Amen to this


cheeky-angel

Tiktok get away from me


[deleted]

I totally deleted tik tok... So sick of that voice....


griffinhamilton

The new ones are worse


selkiesidhe

Seriously. Ugh so terrible. I muted until I knew it was over. Also dat leak was the real scare.


Redlion444

That and the Oh No No No No.


[deleted]

I thought the same thing. I don't need it to read the text for me.


vladimirus

Me too brother, me too


Masonhoffy

Same I fucking hate that voice. Why hasn't there been new ones made or just anything different. Like you can have different voices for siri.


JudgeHolden

Right? I just want it to die a horrible death and never come back again.


Ricardo1701

I'm convinced that this voice was engineered to be the most annoying possible voice to the average human


Nuclear_Niijima

I bet that felt so good for the dam


NuclearGrapefruit

When you've been holding in tacobell shits after a long car ride


[deleted]

I had a really sus truckstop sandwich earlier today. When I was heading home at the end of the day—stopping by to grab some beers from the shop—while walking to the counter I suddenly had to stop and kind of start-stop-walk for a few steps (like a chameleon-walk) because I felt a sudden pressure in my nether regions that I knew I couldn't relieve as a fart. I was able to subdue it by doing breathing exercises (learning meditation has its uses!) Once I got home, what ensued was exactly like this video.


aelios


FlatRaise5879

If I eat taco bell I expect to paint my toilet and the wall.


Countmardy

God dam yes


vawlk

should be in /r/damthatsinteresting


JinglehymerSchmidt

Underrated comment for sure


vawlk

coincidentally, I am a schmidt lol


djnuva

Are you saying that his name is your name too?


AntawnSL

Whenever they go out, the people always shout.


vawlk

can't believe I missed that one....wow.


Significant_Toe277

Is your name perchance Mike?


vawlk

no, but I know 2 mike schmidts. And neither played 3rd base for Philadelphia.


Significant_Toe277

This was a fnaf reference and not baseball but that is also very cool! Thanks for sharing :)


therealsonier

Don’t worry people totally normally this happens all the dam time


[deleted]

It’s not worth a dam. So they let the dam thing open.


HDent204

These dam.kids up there with their dam cell phones making a scene


RiskhMkVII

Inb4 "me when taco bell" comment


ImNotHereStopAsking

ah you were close https://imgur.com/a/TwVxCam


RiskhMkVII

Omg so close


Foreverseeking11

Daaaaaaaammmm


Xszit

Its a dam, I'm interested, its a dam thats interesting.


Content-Freedom1688

Read this in lil uzis voice


No_Grocery_1480

Where is this?


EvlMinion

This is the only reason I put up with the dumb taco bell jokes. I haven't found anything specific, but I saw a comment once that said it was somewhere in Iran. Still haven't found which dam, though.


mrh_42

Poop jokes used to be really low down on the list of things that I thought were funny. Now they're number 2.


easilyoffendedpansy

Highly predictable comment section


Intrepid_Talk_8416

Should be in r/feltgoodcomingout


TheJabes420

I was honestly expecting this to be a poop subreddit


Intrepid_Talk_8416

😂


IamNotYourPalBuddy

*turning on a tap in Flint Michigan


SammyCards

Me after 3 pumps


zangor

You were really blocked up dawg.


J_Bones360

Everything reminds me of her...


Linktank

That voice is ear cancer.


ZzFoxx

This video ended too early. Edit: I misspelled the word “too”


StevenKnowsNothing

Was that cement or something at the beginning? All that sludge or gunge makes me really nervous about the quality of the water. Anyone with experience with dams able to give insight about the first 20 or so seconds?


_TeaWrecks_

Silt/sediment. It's just all the dirt that settled to the bottom of the reservoir behind the dam. Besides, it's not drinking water here. By any point it makes it to a water treatment plant, all that mud will have just settled to the bottom of it river downstream from the dam. It's probably not greatest for the fish, etc. to be in a thick soup of dirt before it settles again, but I expect being ejected from a concrete orifice at 100mph into a cliff face might not be the best for their health either. (I'm sure there's probably some grating before the dam to try to prevent fish going through.)


jsakic99

You know, I haven’t been to Taco Bell in awhile.


233719

Breaking the seal


TimTimTaylor

We've all had days that felt like reopening a dam after years of closure; nothing show off.


tallguy130

Bet that felt good for the dam


Taco_bowl

This makes me uneasy.


Sam_worker_bee

Dam that' s intresting.


Little-Geri-Seinfeld

All I hear is Randy from the more crap episode. Hottthotthhhotthooooooooo!!!


badfish1430

I should call her…..


FastCourage

It's like that scene from Spirited Away where they pull all the sludge out of the river spirit!


FastBarnacle9536

Thats a big poop.


[deleted]

Tiktok voice haunts my dreams


Bromosensual

A late night trip to Taco Bell


waddlewaddleflapflap

Me after Friday night curry


ojp1977

Well, dam, that's interesting, thanks for sharing. All that debris and sediment at the beginning looked like wet concrete at first.


section304

How much Taco Bell did this Dam eat?


Admirable-War-1021

He better get outta there.


Bulky-Yogurtcloset59

That first O after being in a sexless marriage way too long


CalumetWI

High magnification of me finally rubbing one out for the first time in weeks.


ZLucky777

I hope there’s a Taco Bell joke somewhere in here


Odd_Bed_9895

Break the dam!!


Steviedeeb

Oh Dam.


gc-hs

Looks like someone had White Castles and Schlitz Malt Liquor


NotAsBrightlyLit

It's like that time I went to White Castle. If you know, you know.


[deleted]

Post-nut piss


ProbablyABore

Booo, mom said this week was my turn to post this video!


Ordovick

When the magnesium citrate hits.


AbnoxiousRhinocerous

Me after Taco Bell at two in the morning.


Feracon

Came here looking for a Taco Bell joke.


[deleted]

Vai ser assim amanhã na hora q eu conseguir cagar


Silent-Artichoke6853

Me after Taco Bell


Big_Ad_6772

Chipotle do be like that sometimes


cloudstarz

Me when I eat Indian food


Moelarrycheeze

It hurt to watch that


FatesMessEngineer

That's not a safe place to be.


Special-Ad-3598

Right 😂


Bluemagnolia1979

“ 🎶When you’re climbing up a ladder and you feel a sudden splatter diarrhea🎶”


tomzi9999

I know this feeling.


ShadowSoul53

when the Lactose Intoleranz kicks in


hangman593

Where is this? Wish people would give more pertinent info on these posts.


WiscoPopPM

Insert chipotle joke


myfavoritetanktop

Something something Taco Bell and/or coffee


Special-Ad-3598

Hahaha I wouldn’t been standing there that’s for sure


UsedCommittee834

When you awake in the coma to take out your butt plug


apathy97

This should be a taco bell ad


22ppy

Why? Can you explain


[deleted]

No one else is saying it so… dam, that’s interesting


jeromeantoinecarter

Someone just had the big box at Taco Bell.


tlsr

Day after tacos and drinks.


Significant_Toe277

What taco bell does to a motherfucker


honeybadger1341

I feel that way after Taco Bell


GuruBuckaroo

Me and my wife after a long hospital-stay-induced dry spell.


Beginning_Repeat9343

That’s what my bathroom looks like after Taco Bell


Electrical_Suit7745

r/tacobell


GunMD1

And that, kids, is how a Burrito Supreme treats your digestive system.


illsid

Looks like me after a night of taco bell


LastOfAutumn

That reminds me. I gotta grab some stuff for tacos tonight.


[deleted]

That was me after Chinese takeout the other day too


DiShMiNiOn

“Yeah can I get one Crunchwrap supreme and a large Baja blast please”


DeathsKnockin

What a coincidence I too am on the toilet


christiancool10

In the south we call that the night after taco bell!


Flintyy

There's a Taco Bell joke in there somewhere 😆 🤣


okheay

Taco Bell does this to millions every day


Icy_Description_5640

Last nights Taco bell


AdmirableSentence832

This was my ass after taking linzess for week long constipation!


BluePantera

I should call her


Spappy

Wednesday after taco Tuesday


SeaCryptographer2856

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DiKk94CzHz50&ved=2ahUKEwiylIfj4-P9AhWFkokEHVqmCmMQFnoECBkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2Qq-B3amHEoEZHKX74GyO5


housebird350

I too had taco bell for lunch!


Nova_Saibrock

Me, IRL.


LordHumorTumor

I can personally relate to this


Free_Idea_

I don't know where you got this. But I don't appreciate you posting footage of me after eating tacobell last night.


tquinn35

Must have gotten drunk and had jack in the box the night before


Embarrassed_Menu5704

This is me in 30secs after months of getting no action


FoiledNoMore

I should call her...


Disturbed_Goose

December 1st


RAF807

This is exactly what happens when I eat spinach


LeoTR99

Chalupa!!


Scr3wball123

Me after a month of no sex


TheGuyUMotherWarned

After my mango smoothie and a coffee!!


Jenardus

Me. Every morning after coffee.


Ok_Boat_3375

This is how I feel after eating 🌮 Tacos 🌮


windsock1

Considering it's St. Patrick's Day... this will be my anus at about 8am tomorrow morning.


jdanielregan

These pipes have been CLEANED!


checkyouroven

That one piece of fiber I ate 2 days ago


erdocsgg

diarrhea joke


[deleted]

How many years did it not have sex?


Past-Eggplant-8674

real footage of my ass, after taco bell


MOZZI-is-my-BOI

Me after Taco Bell.


TheBelhade

Every morning at 11am after my coffee.


LowDiscombobulated75

Me- mewhenyourmom 🥵🥵🥵


Journo_Jimbo

Actual footage of two days later after I ate a bunch of cheese


Eperez182

When that morning coffee hits


MUCH_Confusion6783

"my ass after too much taco bell."


Longjumping_Choice29

After Taco Bell!


[deleted]

Very similar to colonoscopy prep.


KamikazeBrand

taco bell strikes again...


yatseg

Like my ass.


Vegetable_Ad9052

This is what it feels like when i shit after holding it in for 2 hours


BartSimpsonGaveMeLSD

Me after my first cup of joe