Vajont Dam
Named in 1 episode title on this site. Kind: dam.
| Place | Italy |
|---|---|
| Kind | dam |
| Wikipedia | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam |
After the problem: the environment
| Ecological impact | Landslide into the Vajont reservoir, 9 Oct 1963, overtopped the dam and destroyed villages, killing about 2,000 |
|---|---|
| Mechanism / vector | destruction — landslide-generated wave overtopped the dam; dam itself did not fail structurally |
| Remediation class | none |
| Remediation status | no remediation record found — a peer-reviewed essay frames this as engineering/geological oversight, not a contamination site |
| Interest (0–5) | 3 |
Sources
- rachelcarsoncenter.ub.uni-muenchen.de/arcadia/article/view/20 (fetched 2026-09-20)
Episodes that name it
- Episode 23: Vajont Dam — Well There's Your Problem, 2020-04-15