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The indicated location at 14-59-36N x 106-34-32E is unlikely. Google Earth shows that location is not in Attapeu Province, has no visible river, and has no roads or named communities. A more likely location is 14-46-35N x 106-26-21E, where Google Earth imagery of 1/29/2016 shows a major river, an apparent rapids/waterfall, roads on both banks, and disturbed ground suggestive of early dam construction. Downstream on the same unlabeled river is a community labeled Hinlat at 14-44-53N x 106-29-05E, similar to the reported village of Hinlad that was damaged. This note is OR and I don't know the area, so I add it here for others to confirm or correct. Justaxn (talk) 03:43, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
The coordinates that are currently in the article point to the Xe Nam Noy Dam. Initial news reports said that a saddle dam collapsed. Saddle dams for this project were built to retain water from flowing out of the back of the reservoir. So the current coordinates are probably incorrect. Abductive (reasoning) 00:26, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
I do not know where "saddle dam d" is, but the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydroelectic dam that filled in water against the saddle dam is clearly labeled (in Vietnamese) on wikimapia at exact coordinates 15.0034895N 106.5189743E 223.39.150.43 (talk) 09:21, 26 July 2018 (UTC)26 July 1819 Seoul[1]
I was able to locate all three saddle dams on that particular hydroelectric construction project. They are exact GPS coordinates Saddle Dam 1: 15.007266, 106.564314, Saddle Dam 2: 14.991165, 106.562817, Saddle Dam 3: 14.964695, 106.544085 They match the shape and general area of the PDF file linked in this article. You can see them on Yandex satellite view pretty well.[2] But another article refers to "saddle dam d". Which one is "D" if they are labeled 1,2,3??? 182.222.37.172 (talk) 12:35, 26 July 2018 (UTC) 27 July 2135 Seoul time
The official site "General Arrangement Drawing" is here: http://www.pnpclaos.com/index.php/en/project/maps As stated above, the map has saddle dams listed as 1, 2, & 3, , but no "D". Where did this "D' come from?
My conjecture is that the disaster response folks assigned some arbitrary designations: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/sites/jrcsh/files/flooding_daily_map01.jpg As may be seen, "Saddle Dam D" is in fact, "Saddle Dam 1".
200.68.142.8 (talk) 00:30, 23 November 2019 (UTC) baden k.
The result of the move request was: page moved. Danski454 (talk) 18:58, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
Attapeu dam collapse → 2018 Laos dam collapse – The current title implies that the event occurred entirely in Attapeu Province, however discussion has found that the dam was located in Champasak Province and the villages that were flooded were in Attapeu province. Danski454 (talk) 07:51, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
I removed a editorializing note that stated that Laos' secrecy kept criticism of the dam from being heard inside the country. I read the cited article, but didn't see text there that directly supported that assertion, so I took it out. It wa way iiis reverted, so I'm going to the D of BRD now. Can other editors review the note and the cited ref and see what they think? Thanks. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:44, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
Communist Laos, one of Asia’s poorest and most secretive countries, is land-locked and aims to become the “battery of Asia” by selling power to its neighbours through a series of hydropower dams., and secondly, reiterating the notion of secrecy, is "the latter characteristic, it has been suggested, has ensured that none of this criticism has come from within Laos, only from outside it". This is cited to China News Asia, who state
But fears over the environmental impact of the projects, which export most of their electricity to neighbouring Thailand and China, go virtually unvoiced inside the tightly controlled country. Whiiiiich is pretty comprehensive, and whilst I would not suggest the wording can never be improved, a basic review of the material would dismiss the charge of (so-called) "editorialising". —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap sh*t room 17:00, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
Looking on Sentinel 2, the reservoir started to be filled around 2019-06-19, and appeared filled by 2019-10-22.
200.68.142.8 (talk) 04:08, 23 November 2019 (UTC) baden k.