Wivenhoe Dam during the 2011 flood. |
AT some point soon after the devastating floods of January last year, the engineers who operated Wivenhoe Dam faced a choice. They could own up. Or they could cover up.
Owning up to a breach of the manual - effectively, admitting to an operation of the dam that did not follow the strict written procedure - would have opened the door to a wave of recrimination.
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