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....
Rich Pedroncelli and Olga R. Rodriguez – Associated Press - Wed April 10, 2019
$1.1B Oroville Dam Spillway Repairs Put to Test
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) An epic winter of rain and snow has refilled California's reservoirs and pressed into service a spillway at the nation's tallest dam on April 2, a $1 billion structure that drained excess water for the first time since it crumbled two years ago and drove hundreds of thousands to flee the threat of catastrophic flooding....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 09, 2019
Steinaker Dam Repairs Top $20M Following Landslide
Four years ago, a sharp-eyed fisherman first noticed something was wrong at Utah's Steinaker Dam and Reservoir in Northeastern Utah. Bureau of Reclamation managers wasted no time in checking it out....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 23, 2019
Ruhlin Replaces 178-Year-Old Dam
The $33 million construction of a new East Reservoir dam for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) in Portage Lakes State Park in Coventry Township, Summit County started last December and is expected to be completed this spring....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 16, 2019
Work Begins on $1.5B Shasta Dam Raising
Twenty million dollars of pre-construction work is under way at the Shasta Dam and reservoir in advance of a $1.5 billion project to raise the dam 18.5 ft. Shasta Dam is the largest reservoir in California and second largest in the United States after Grand Cooley....
