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Edenville Dam Final Report
Water

Report: Michigan Dam Collapses Caused by Rapid Liquefaction of Embankment

The May 2020 failures of the Edenville and Sanford Dams were caused by heavy rain combining with sandy berms
Jeff yoders
Jeff Yoders
May 19, 2022

A final independent report from a forensic team backed by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials found that rapid, static liquefaction of earthen embankments caused the May 2020 collapse of the Edenville and downstream Sanford Dams in Michigan.


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Gretchen Whitmer in Midland County
Investigations

Michigan Dam Failures Caused by Rapid Liquefaction of Downstream Sand Embankments

2020 Failures do not initially look as if FERC, Boyce Hydro dispute over maintenance was a factor
Jeff yoders
Jeff Yoders
September 14, 2021

Heavy rains leading to a rather new phenomenon, static liquefaction of sand embankments, only previously observed in tailings dams led to property damage and flooding in central Michigan.


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Shasta Dam Bureau of Reclamation
Water Infrastructure

Biden Picks Water Policy Specialist to Lead Bureau of Reclamation

Tom ichniowski
Tom Ichniowski
June 21, 2021

Former Hill aide Camille Touton also worked at Dept. of Interior in the Obama administration.


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Dam failure risk assessment
Risk Management

As Flood Season Settles In, Experts Shed Light on Dam Safety Problems

Keller profile
Jonathan Keller
July 22, 2020

U.S. dam safety frameworks have helped prevent major calamities, but the May collapse of a 95-year-old Michigan structure shows failure risks remain, with multiple causes.


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NOAA rain
Weather Disasters

Florence Continues to Pound Carolinas Through the Weekend

All-time record river flooding predicted from heavy rains
Jim parsons
Jim Parsons
Tom sawyer
Tom Sawyer
Tom ichniowski
Tom Ichniowski
Debra k rubin1
Debra K. Rubin
September 14, 2018

Now a tropical depression with heavy rainfall, storm slows to a crawl and builds significant flood risk across Carolinas and SW Virginia; power still out for 450,000 Duke Energy customers.


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Hurricane Florence

Carolinas Brace for Coastal Erosion, Storm Surge and Heavy Rains

Jim parsons
Jim Parsons
September 12, 2018

South Carolina safety experts fan out to assess dams whose failure would pose the most risk to population and evacuation routes


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Oroville Dam repairs

Calif. Dept. of Water Resources Shakes Up Leadership After Oroville Forensic Report

Christine Kilpatrick
January 17, 2018
Following an independent report's sharp criticism of its dam safety culture, California's Dept. of Water Resources named a new director and restructured its executive team as work crews continue a $500-million project to repair the spillways at Oroville Dam.
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Water releases from the lake

DWR Draws Lessons from Oroville Forensic Report

Christine Kilpatrick
January 9, 2018

Forensic team delivers final verdict on the physical and human causes of the spillway emergency last February at the nation's tallest dam.


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Group Seeks to Apply Lessons Learned at Oroville to Other US Dams

Scott lewis
Scott Lewis
September 20, 2017

A comprehensive panel discussion covering lessons learned during last spring’s spillway failure at Oroville Dam was a highlight of the annual Dam Safety conference.


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Kiewit Infrastructure

Oroville Spillway Failure Prompts Review of 93 Dams

JT Long
September 13, 2017

If initial lessons included in an interim status report on the cause of February’s failure of the main spillway at California’s Oroville Dam are heeded, hundreds of U.S. dams more than 50 years old may have to be re-examined and upgraded.


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