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by pilom 3409 days ago
A picture is worth 1000 words: https://sandrp.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/screen-shot-2017-...

Dirt hillsides are not designed to have 100,000 cubic feet of water rolling down them. They tend to erode extremely quickly and can quickly turn into uncontrolable discharges if the lip erodes.