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Tailings, et al Water Supply Pre 9
10% 10% 9 90- 1 98
Irrigation 1 0- 13076
10% 198 1979
0-
Hydroelectric 197 1969 19310
3% 0- 11388
9 6 9
Recreation 1 195 4053
0-
35% Flood Control 195 1949
17% 0- 3716
194 1939 2
Downstream Consequences
(National Inventory of Dams 80,000 dams)
Out-dated design and
construction practices 14%
18%
68%
staffing
Number of da
Other
60
Composite
Concrete
40 Embankment
125 killed
Congress appropriated
funds for Corps of
Engineers to oversee
Kelly Barnes Dam, GA inspection of non-
failed in November 1977 Federal dams under the
1972 Act
39 killed Over 9,000 high-hazard
dams inspected 1978-81
Led to COE inspection
of dams and development Program helped many
States establish and/or
of Federal Guidelines for
improve their dam safety
Dam Safety programs.
Watershed Rehabilitation
Amendments of 2000 Obstacles to Safe Dams
(to Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
ACT of 1954)
Owners not convinced of the need to
NRCS can provide technical and financial assistance to owners of
existing NRCS assisted dams to rehabilitate (or remove) the dams
spend money to adequately maintain or
improve condition of their dams
Ab
Aboutt 10,500
10 500 d
dams eligible
li ibl flood
fl d control
t ld dams owned
dbby
governmental entities Owners lack funds to maintain and
repair their dams
Authorized $350 million through 2012
Inadequate legal authority to force
NRCS can fund up to 65%
owners to maintain their dams
Public apathy regarding dam safety
Dam Safety & Water Resources Dam Safety & Water Resources
Planning Project Planning Project
32 high risk dams to be rehabilitiated in Sri Department of Irrigation 16 dams to be
Lanka rehabilitiated
Department of Meteorology and Disaster Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka - 11 dams
Management Centre to improve flood to be rehabilitiated
forecasting and public hazards mitigation Ceylon Electricity Board - 4 dams to be
capacities rehabilitiated
All major water sector stakeholders National Water Supply & Drainage Board
involved in the implementation 1 dam to be rehabilitated
The
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