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<noautolinks>Several steps have been identified for dam owners to pursue to reduce the hazard and liability of dam ownership and to proceed with the ‘actions of a reasonable person' that is the legal litmus and precedent. Here is a list of common, but not comprehensive, steps: | |||
#Identify, inventory, and recognize all low head dams in their portfolio and jurisdiction | #Identify, inventory, and recognize all low head dams in their portfolio and jurisdiction | ||
#Identify all potential co-owners, partners, stakeholders, funding sources, and authorities | #Identify all potential co-owners, partners, stakeholders, funding sources, and authorities | ||
#Contact State and Federal Dam Safety authorities for help in dam inventory, ownership, and use quantification and hazard assessment | #Contact State and Federal Dam Safety authorities for help in dam inventory, ownership, and use quantification and hazard assessment | ||
#Identify existing programs for | #Identify existing programs for mitigation and public education assistance with local and national emergency response agencies, police and fire departments, and wildlife and boating organizations | ||
#Promote a public education campaign using social media, web pages, signs, pamphlets, interpretive displays, public service announcements and warnings, newspapers, and magazines | #Promote a public education campaign using social media, web pages, signs, pamphlets, interpretive displays, public service announcements and warnings, newspapers, and magazines | ||
#Develop non- | #Develop non-structural mitigation strategies such as signage, fences, log booms, or barriers creating portages and exclusion zones | ||
#With your engineer, quantify the flow ranges when these low head dams are most hazardous using models and simulations | #With your engineer, quantify the flow ranges when these low head dams are most hazardous using models and simulations | ||
#Develop structural mitigation solutions or removal options for the low head dams and funding sources <ref name="ASDSO">Fact Sheet: | #Develop structural mitigation solutions or removal options for the low head dams and funding sources <ref name="ASDSO">Fact Sheet: Public Safety At Dams For Dam Owners, ASDSO, 2022</ref> </noautolinks> | ||
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Revision as of 05:48, 9 December 2022
Several steps have been identified for dam owners to pursue to reduce the hazard and liability of dam ownership and to proceed with the ‘actions of a reasonable person' that is the legal litmus and precedent. Here is a list of common, but not comprehensive, steps:
- Identify, inventory, and recognize all low head dams in their portfolio and jurisdiction
- Identify all potential co-owners, partners, stakeholders, funding sources, and authorities
- Contact State and Federal Dam Safety authorities for help in dam inventory, ownership, and use quantification and hazard assessment
- Identify existing programs for mitigation and public education assistance with local and national emergency response agencies, police and fire departments, and wildlife and boating organizations
- Promote a public education campaign using social media, web pages, signs, pamphlets, interpretive displays, public service announcements and warnings, newspapers, and magazines
- Develop non-structural mitigation strategies such as signage, fences, log booms, or barriers creating portages and exclusion zones
- With your engineer, quantify the flow ranges when these low head dams are most hazardous using models and simulations
- Develop structural mitigation solutions or removal options for the low head dams and funding sources [1]
Citations:
- ↑ Fact Sheet: Public Safety At Dams For Dam Owners, ASDSO, 2022
Revision ID: 5087
Revision Date: 12/09/2022