{"id":35131,"date":"2025-08-18T10:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?p=35131"},"modified":"2025-08-18T10:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:13:35","slug":"ellsworth-american-interviews-jain-on-concerns-with-dams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/2025\/08\/18\/ellsworth-american-interviews-jain-on-concerns-with-dams\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellsworth American interviews Jain on concerns with dams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/08\/Montsweag-dam-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Montsweag Dam\" class=\"wp-image-7799\" style=\"width:384px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/08\/Montsweag-dam-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/08\/Montsweag-dam-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/08\/Montsweag-dam-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/08\/Montsweag-dam-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/08\/Montsweag-dam-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/08\/Montsweag-dam-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/08\/Montsweag-dam-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/08\/Montsweag-dam-846x635.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/08\/Montsweag-dam-951x713.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/08\/Montsweag-dam-1268x951.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: Laura Wildman, PrincetonHydro<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellsworthamerican.com\/news\/waterfront\/dams-age-raises-questions-about-its-future\/article_9ad3fb84-1680-48f8-99cd-7df2cee86d9e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Ellsworth American<\/a> interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/people\/shaleen-jain\/\">Shaleen Jain<\/a>, 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. \u201cWe 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,\u201d Jain said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 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