Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 25, 2020
Years After Hurricane Harvey, Dam Still Under Repair
Hurricane Harvey caused extensive damage in Texas and Louisiana during August 2017, including major devastation to the Vernon Lake dam and spillway in Vernon, La., which is the subject of a $1 million Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) repair project....
CEG - Mon March 09, 2020
FEMA Agrees to Pay $300M for Oroville Dam Repairs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) In an unusual reversal, federal regulators agreed to cover about $300 million in repair costs at the Oroville Dam, where a spillway collapse three years ago prompted the evacuation of nearly 190,000 people in Northern California....
Las Cruces Sun News - Wed February 26, 2020
New Mexico Gets $100M to Repair Hazardous Dams
The state with the highest percentage of high-hazard dams in the country — New Mexico — was recently awarded $100 million to help fix these troublesome barriers. The plan was approved last month amid an urgent call to upgrade facilities over fears of the loss of life in the event of a dam failure....
Mary Esch - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu November 21, 2019
Investigation: Dozens of N.Y. Dams Need Work; Most Have No Funding
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) The Harrower Pond Dam, cracked and crumbling, with saplings sprouting from its walls, has been repeatedly cited by state and federal inspectors for safety violations over the past four decades....
Michael Casey – Associated Press - Thu November 21, 2019
Many New England Dams a Safety Risk, in Need of Repair
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Merrymeeting Lake is like so many others in the New Hampshire woods, a bucolic summer getaway of cabins and second homes where vacationers sail, swim and fish. Like dozens of other lakes in the state, it also has a problem that is hidden from most of the people who come to enjoy it....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu October 24, 2019
Waterbury Dam Still Needs More Repair Work Done; Awaits Fed Funds
The Waterbury Dam, which was built in 1938 and repaired numerous times, most recently in 2007, needs additional work, which may be completed if it receives federal funding. Sen. Patrick Leahy said money for repairs is included in a $20 million appropriation included in the Senate's Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which must be approved by the full Congress and signed by the president....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 25, 2019
Chimney Hollow Dam Awaits Approval
After 15 years in the planning stages, a new dam project in Colorado may be underway by the end of the year. Designs created by Stantec for the 360-ft. tall, 3,500-ft. long dam at the 90,000-acre Chimney Hollow Reservoir in northern Colorado were finished in early June and will next be sent to the state engineer for approval....
Business Wire - Tue July 16, 2019
USACE Awards Granite $39M Dam Project in Texas
Granite (GVA) has been awarded a $39 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for modifications to the Lewisville Dam in Lewisville, Texas. Granite will book the project into its second quarter 2019 backlog....
Fecon - Wed May 22, 2019
Hydroseeding Stabilizes Oroville Dam During, After Crisis
On Feb. 7, 2017, a 200-ft. pothole opened up in the main spillway of the Oroville Dam in northern California. With snowpack at 150 percent above normal in the Sierra mountains, and Lake Oroville still rising, officials reduced the amount of flow on the main spillway....
Edgar A. Browning – Special to CEG - Mon May 13, 2019
Looking Back — Clement Brothers Company Inc. Builds Carter Dam
Clement Brothers Company Inc. of Hickory, N.C., held a $15.4 million contract to construct the Corps of Engineers Carter Dam Project in Murry County, Ga. The dam is 445 ft. high, then the highest dam east of the Mississippi River, and 2,050 ft....
