Recent Dam Safety News

Date News Item Link Category
07/09/2017 Virginia funding $1.15M in grants for dam safety Dam Modifications/Repairs
07/08/2017 Here’s where construction efforts on Oroville Dam spillway lie in early July
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
07/08/2017 Chicopee Bemis Pond dam in Szot Park in poor condition, must be removed or repaired
Dam Modifications/Repairs
Dam Removal
07/07/2017 US Dam Infrastructure Earns a “D” in American Society of Civil Engineers Report Card Other
07/07/2017 Legislation would require greater safety measures for dams Dam Safety Legislation
07/07/2017 Lake Brazos lowered for $750,000 in dam maintenance work Dam Modifications/Repairs
07/06/2017 Work on Eklutna Dam Removal Advances Dam Removal
07/05/2017 Study: Brazilian mega-dams caused far more flooding than EIA predicted Floods
07/05/2017 They’ve demolished most of Oroville Dam’s troubled spillway. What’s next?
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
06/30/2017 Vernon dam incident not serious, say owner and feds Incidents
06/30/2017 With leak fixed, Green Lake dam back in service Dam Modifications/Repairs
06/29/2017 Corps of Engineers has a plan to stabilize the Snake Creek Embankment Dam Modifications/Repairs
06/28/2017 Minto, Mapleton, Huron communities contend with dangerous flood levels Friday Floods
06/27/2017 Lake Warner dam repairs get started Dam Modifications/Repairs
06/27/2017 Millsite Dam Project to start July 1 Dam Modifications/Repairs
06/27/2017 American Rivers aiming to do study on local dam, possible removal? Dam Removal
06/26/2017 Engineers Test Oroville Replica for Dam Safety Dam Modifications/Repairs
06/26/2017 Historic Hershey’s Mill Dam to be breached; park to be created Dam Removal
06/24/2017 Ohio EPA hearing set for comments on dam reconstruction mitigation
Dam Modifications/Repairs
Public Hearings
06/24/2017 Road flooded in Raleigh after dam breach
Incidents
Floods