Ellsworth American interviews Jain on concerns with dams
The Ellsworth American interviewed Shaleen Jain, professor of civil engineering at the University of Maine and a Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow, on concerns dams can pose to communities and his research, which looked at how historical data on river flow and rainfall is considered in dam design and whether more expansive records could better predict future outcomes. “We found that longer records of streamflow offer information about extreme events in the past, not seen in the recent instrumental records, thus allowing us to assess reservoir performance over a broader spectrum of scenarios,” Jain said.