State Program Statistics
2008
State-regulated dams: 355
High hazard potential: 253
Significant hazard potential: 80
Low hazard potential dams: 22
Dam safety FTE's: 6
Total Budget: $524,181
2006
State-regulated dams: 341
High hazard potential: 245
Significant hazard potential: 78
Low hazard potential: 18
Dam safety FTE's: 6
Total Budget: $465,773
2005
State-regulated dams: 359
High hazard potential: 267
Significant hazard potential: 75
Low hazard potential: 17
Dam safety FTE's: 6
View a 2005 fact sheet for the West Virginia dam safety program
2001
State-regulated dams: 350
Dams in National Inventory of Dams: 537
Dam safety FTEs: 6 |
NOTE: Hazard Rating refers to consequences of a dam's failure, not the condition of the dam.
Reports & Summaries
2009 - West Virginia Fly Ash Dam/Landfill Condition Evaluation, November 2009
View West Virginia's report in Successes and Challenges - 2002 National Dam Safety Program (Association of State Dam Safety Officials, 2002)
View a summary of West Virginia'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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