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https://www.ussdams.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/June-2018-E-News.pdf Updates On: US House of Representatives bill which includes re-authorization of the National Dam Safety Program and the National Levee Safety Program through 2023. 2018 ICOLD Conference in Vienna Austria 2019 USSD Annual Conference in Chicago, IL USSD Fall Workshop in Fairfax, VA: Public Safety and Security Around Dams, Oct. 2-4, 2018

USSD’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Ken Hansen, in recognition of his more than 50 years as arguably the most widely recognized author, lecturer, and consultant on roller-compacted concrete (RCC) for new dam construction and dam rehabilitation in the United States. His passionate and steadfast commitment to the advancement of soil-cement and RCC practice […]

May 31, 2016 For Immediate Release May 31st is National Dam Safety Awareness Day in America. Today we commemorate the significant role dams play in American life. From providing nearly half of the nation’s clean, renewable electricity to providing water supplies, and access to water for agricultural production, to other benefits including recreation and industrial […]

A hydroelectric plant under construction for nearly seven years next to the Cannelton Locks and Dam is almost finished and is expected to begin generating electricity for customers in March, according to a company official. American Municipal Power began building the 84-megawatt, triple-unit plant on the Ohio River in 2009 at a cost then estimated […]

On behalf of John Wolfhope of Freese & Nichols, Inc., President of the USSD Board of Directors, and Dina Hunt of MWH, Chair of USSD’s 2017 Annual Meeting Planning Committee, it is our pleasure to issue this Call for Papers for USSD’s 2017 Annual Meeting. Our 2017 event will be held at the Marriott Hotel […]

As the US National Committee of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), the United States Society on Dams (USSD) is the nation’s foremost organization for advancing the role of dams and levee systems in America, as well as for building the community of practice among the thousands of professional engineers who work on dam […]

“Cold and slightly damp, standing over a remote body of water collecting Thursday morning’s rainfall, local government and utility officials smiled as they held a toast to the world’s most important natural resource.” From the Charlottesville Daily Post, May 5, 2016. Read the entire article here.

Othman Mahmoud al-Barazinj is a farmer who has been living in the shadow of Iraq’s largest dam ever since the colossal facility was established in the 1980s. Now in his 60s, Othman and fellow villagers in the town of Wana, 22 miles (35km) north-east of Mosul, still depend on the dam as a vital source […]

The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues its efforts to repair the 161-foot long embankment slide which occurred during the floods last year at the Lewisville Lake Dam. Bristol General Contractors, LLC, the slide repair contractor, has been on site since last week and is constructing haul roads on government property next […]