Watershed Infrastructure

Local communities, with assistance from NRCS, have constructed more than 10,000 upstream flood control dams since 1948. Many of the older small dams have significant rehabilitation needs. Some pose a threat to public safety to those downstream from the dams or who use the reservoirs as a source of drinking water. Other dams have the potential for creating adverse environmental impacts in the same downstream floodplain that they have been protecting.

Additional Information

• Watershed Rehabilitation Information

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