Competing Low Dam vs. High Dam Design Approaches
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/114#Competing_Low_Dam_vs._High_Dam_Design_Approaches
Properties
Instance of
CompetingDesignApproachesState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CompetingDesignApproachesState
Active period
Throughout the multi-year legislative debate and during the committee hearings
Affected parties
General citizenry
Private power company
State legislature
State power commission
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Subject
Two technically distinct engineering solutions — series of low dams versus one high dam — each claimed to achieve the same water supply, flood control, and power production objectives
Terminated by
Legislative adoption of a specific bill or approach
Triggering event
Legislative debate over the most efficient and economical method to achieve water supply, flood control, and electric power goals
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
The most efficient and economical method to achieve the desired result has been debated within the legislature and among the citizenry generally for several years
Text references
The most efficient and economical method to achieve the desired result has been debated within the legislature and among the citizenry generally for several years
engineering studies by him and his professional colleagues indicate the most efficient solution from an engineering standpoint is a series of low dams
his engineering analysis indicates a more effective and less expensive solution, producing the same results, by using one high dam
TTL
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
114
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T15:15:42.311661+00:00
First case
114
Generated
2026-03-02T15:15:42.311661+00:00
Attributed to
Case 114 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T15:38:37.731239
Generated by
ProEthica Case 114 Extraction