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Iowa Dam Safety Program


Contacts:


Ms. Lori McDaniel
Supervisor
IA Department of Natural Resources
Water Resources Section
Wallace Building, 900 E. Grand
Des Moines, IA 50319
Tel: 515/281-8094



2009 National Inventory of Dams - Iowa Dam Statistics


State Program Statistics


2008
State-regulated dams: 3325
    High hazard potential: 83
    Significant hazard potential: 193
    Low hazard potential: 3049
Dam safety FTE's: 1.25
Total Budget: $20,000

2006 
State-regulated dams: 3325
    High hazard potential: 83
    Significant hazard potential: 193
    Low hazard potential: 3049
Dam safety FTE's: 1.75
Total Budget: $57,000

2005
State-regulated dams: 3469
    High hazard potential: 78
    Significant hazard potential: 191
    Low hazard potential: 3200
Dam safety FTE's: 1.25

2003
State-regulated dams: 3,311
Dams in National Inventory of Dams: 3,233
Dam safety FTEs: 0.75
NOTE: Hazard Rating refers to consequences of a dam's failure, not the condition of the dam.



               Reports & Summaries

View Iowa's report in Successes and Challenges - 2002 National Dam Safety Program (Association of State Dam Safety Officials, 2002)

View a summary of Iowa's dam safety laws and regulations - from Summary of State Laws and Regulations on Dam Safety (Association of State Dam Safety Officials, July 2000)

   

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