NRCS Helps Stabilize Massachusetts Dam

the Whittenton Pond Dam in Taunton, Massachusetts

NRCS has approved up to $200,000 in federal funds to be available for stabilization of the Whittenton Pond Dam in Taunton, Massachusetts. The funds are being provided to the City of Taunton through the Emergency Watershed Program (EWP) administered by NRCS. The agency will also provide technical assistance for the work.

Taunton Mayor Robert G. Nunes requested the Federal assistance due to concern that the dam would fail under the pressure of increased water levels threatening public safety and property downstream caused by the recent extended period of heavy rains.

crews worked  night and day to finish work on a new rock dam in Taunton that replaces the old Whittenton Pond Dam

The EWP funding will assist with a controlled draw-down of the pond in order to do a visual assessment of the dam’s condition and to determine if additional work is necessary. NRCS will cover 75 percent of the cost of the work up to $200,000.

Massachusetts NRCS engineers have been on-site to help assess the condition of the dam and will provide technical assistance in the stabilization work.
 

Your contact is Diane Baedeker Petit, NRCS public affairs specialist, at 413-253-4371.