Recent Dam Safety News

Date News Item Link Category
01/05/2018 Independent report blames DWR, ‘long-term systematic failure’ for Oroville spillway crisis Incidents
01/05/2018 Excerpts from the independent report on the Oroville spillway disaster Incidents
01/03/2018 Conowingo is not the only polluting dam Other
01/02/2018 Impacts, Lessons from Oroville Spillway Crisis
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
01/02/2018 Early Warning System to be tested this week in SLO County Emergency Action Plans
01/01/2018 Goffstown finds extra $92k to repair dam on Uncanoonuc Lake Dam Modifications/Repairs
12/30/2017 Dam Completed at Hope Mills Lake Other
12/28/2017 Engineers work to make Isabella Dam safer Dam Modifications/Repairs
12/27/2017 Oroville Dam: DWR asks for license before report is released Dam Modifications/Repairs
12/26/2017 Eel River dam removal finished Dam Removal
12/26/2017 Walter Hill Dam in need of repairs Dam Modifications/Repairs
12/24/2017 Repairs on Capitol Lake dam to start next week Dam Modifications/Repairs
12/24/2017 Benbow Dam removal completed Dam Removal
12/22/2017 Cracks discovered in spillways at 3 South Bay dams Incidents
12/21/2017 BHP pays $181m for Brazil dam disaster ahead of further settlement Incidents
12/21/2017 Politicians to Trump: Don’t relicense Oroville Dam until we know why spillway failed
Incidents
Other
12/19/2017 Mine tailings dam failures major cause of environmental disasters: report Incidents
12/19/2017 NID approves $470K to replace problem valve at Rollins Dam Dam Modifications/Repairs
12/19/2017 Shutter thickness, corrosion that escaped inspection led to KRP Dam breach Incidents
12/19/2017 Dam nears completion Other