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How to construct a safe dam

Patel Dam Tragedy at Solai, Subukia Nakuru County on May 10, 2018 after the dam burst its bank. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

About 20 million litres of water, enough to satisfy the optimal demand for Nairobi and its environs for a whole day, broke the walls of Patel dam in Solai, Nakuru County.

Dimensions for the collapsed dam show it was roughly the size of a football stadium, but with stands built to five meters – about three times the height of an ordinary adult.

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