Recent Dam Safety News

Date News Item Link Category
09/06/2017 Civil engineers’ reports on US flood preparedness: Lessons of Katrina and Sandy ignored Incidents
09/05/2017 Clues to Oroville Dam spillway failure 'were all there in the files,' top investigator says Incidents
09/05/2017 PHOTO SLIDESHOW: Repairs Being Done to Raftmen’s Memorial Timber Dam Dam Modifications/Repairs
09/05/2017 Pend Oreille County dam removal begins Dam Removal
09/05/2017 Report: Oroville dam design was never reviewed Incidents
09/04/2017 After its dams came down, a river is reborn Dam Removal
09/04/2017 Down with the Glen Canyon Dam? Dam Removal
09/03/2017 Dam replacement running smoothly Dam Modifications/Repairs
09/02/2017 Houston's Addicks Dam Begins to Spill Over, Nearby County: 'GET OUT NOW'
Incidents
Floods
09/02/2017 Nine Dams In San Diego County Ranked Below Satisfactory On Safety, Newly Released State Data Shows Other
09/01/2017 Eastern Iowa Residents Oppose Dam Removal Project Dam Removal
09/01/2017 Few local dams have emergency plans ready Emergency Action Plans
09/01/2017 Oroville Dam rated unsatisfactory after spillway emergency Incidents
09/01/2017 Excepting Oroville, north state dams said to be in satisfactory condition Other
08/31/2017 Dam inspection time Other
08/31/2017 Govt urges residents on Ogun River to relocate Other
08/31/2017 Inspectors check for weak spots on Shasta Dam Other
08/31/2017 Public meeting held for Littleton Dam modification Public Hearings
08/31/2017 Sandusky River’s Ballville Dam to be notched soon, finally coming down Dam Removal
08/30/2017 Houston’s besieged dams were built 70 years ago after this 1935 flood devastated the city Floods