6/29/09 - Latest Dam Safety News - Federal agencies examine safety of coal waste storage; Audit faults TVA response to coal ash spill; DHS announces $1.8 billion in federal preparedness grants; Stimulus to benefit dams; Huge East Coast Protection Levee in FL “minimally acceptable”; USACE says trees on levees must go; Boating accidents at dams nationwide claim more lives; Kentucky residents want more information on safety of Dix Dam; Kentucky officials concerned about unregulated sediment ponds; Mass. license plate funds go toward dam removal studies, engineering & permitting; NY dam rules may be altered; Hadlock Pond property owners await compensation after 2005 dam break; Wal-Mart proposed in VA dambreak inundation zone; Increasing seepage at Howard Hanson Dam prompts Corps to lower reservoir; Holes found in Marion, WI dam force drawdown; Fatal dam failure in Brazil; Poor construction reportedly endangers several new dams in China; 1909 Maryland dam break remembered; more... more

5/29/09 - ASDSO Submits Testimony to Congress - ASDSO offered support for the recommendations in the draft report on establishing a National Levee Safety Program. Testimony submitted for the record after May 19, 2009 Hearing. more

5/29/09 - Conferences & Seminars - Register now for Dam Safety 09 in Hollywood, Florida; See details on upcoming advanced and basic technical seminars more