Recent Dam Safety News

Date News Item Link Category
11/03/2017 Officials Order Safety Review of Entire Oroville Dam
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
11/01/2017 DEQ testing weekly for arsenic in Paw Paw lake after dam breach Incidents
10/30/2017 Meeting to discuss Briggs Mill Dam after breach
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
Public Hearings
10/30/2017 General plan touches on dam failures
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
10/29/2017 Ubonrat Dam to reduce water flow after embankment collapse Incidents
10/28/2017 Oroville Dam, months after near disaster, ready for another winter
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
10/27/2017 South Florida Worries About Possible Dike Failure Incidents
10/26/2017 Belleville Locks and Dam partially closed after crane accident
Incidents
Misoperations
10/24/2017 Woodlake residents sue dam owner
Incidents
Legal
10/23/2017 Oroville Dam: Report calls for DWR to transfer dam ownership
Incidents
Other
10/23/2017 As dams burst, Trump seeks to gut key safety regime Incidents
10/15/2017 Briggs Mill Dam in Paw Paw breaches Incidents
10/13/2017 Army Engineers Work to Repair Guajataca Dam in Puerto Rico
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
10/13/2017 PM inspects dykes, flood response in Ninh Bình Province
Incidents
Floods
10/10/2017 Six dead, two missing as heavy rains break dams, pound central Vietnam
Incidents
Floods
10/06/2017 River industry, consumers at risk if Lock and Dam 52 problems continue
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
10/05/2017 Divers describe leak below Seabright dam Incidents
10/05/2017 Why are taxpayers repairing this dam when we still don’t know why it breached? Incidents
10/04/2017 Hurricane Maria: US Army faces race against time to shore up vital Puerto Rico dam before it bursts
Incidents
Floods
09/22/2017 Puerto Rico Dam Fails As Hurricane Maria Continues To Plague Residents
Incidents
Floods