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West Virginia Dam Safety Program


Contact:


Brian Long, Section Manager
WV Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Water and Waste Management
Dam Safety Section
601 57th Street SE
Charleston, West Virginia  25304-2345
Tel: 304/926-0499 ext. 1005
Fax: 304/926-0477

Web:

www.dep.wv.gov/damsafety



2009 National Inventory of Dams - West Virginia Dam Statistics

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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