Environmental Engineering

Maintains records of dams located state-wide ensuring compliance with acceptable practices pertaining to dam inspection, maintenance, operation and repair.

Provides locations, structural details, descriptions, inspection records, and response preparedness of over 90,000 dams in the United States.

Information on the planning, design, and maintenance of dam and canal structure, as well as on dam removal.

Provides measures that may be taken to control erosion, sedimentation, and chemical pollution from runoff.

A guide for proponents of dam removal.

Tells the story of the oldest and most bitterly disputed water war in the West and chronicles efforts to achieve the largest restoration project in American history (90 min).

A six-part film that films highlight the benefits, challenges, and local perspectives of dam removal across Massachusetts.

This report provides information about the Bureau of Reclamation’s experience with dam removal; reasons for dam removal; concepts for dam removal planning, design, and monitoring; and examples from selected case studies.

Basic information on the environmental effects of dams on and how dams may be removed in accordance with the Clean Water Act.