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The new data from the Oakland-based water think tank show also that drinking water wells, pipes and dams are increasingly coming under attack.

“This dam is cracking. The two were becoming one, and I think it’s very exciting.”

Eel populations are falling worldwide, scientists say, largely due to factors linked to human activity such as the pollution of waterways, destruction of wetlands, hydroelectric dams, and fishing.

And infrastructure projects meant using more and more land to build roads, railways, bridges, and dams.

The dam collapse killed 19 people, polluted the river and destroyed hundreds of homes.