The Oroville Dam Spillway Incident Independent Forensic Team (IFT) has prepared their final report compiling the team’s conclusions and opinions regarding the conditions, actions and inactions that contributed to the damage of the service spillway and emergency spillway at Oroville Dam in February 2017. View the final report.  

The U.S. Society on Dams announces that Sharon Powers will join USSD as Executive Director on October 30.  Powers brings a wealth of experience, having most recently served as Director of Administration for the American Water Works Association in Denver.  USSD Secretary-Treasurer Denise Bunte-Bisnett, who led the search team, says, “Sharon quickly rose to the […]

  The California Department of Water Resources invites qualified firms with extensive background in engineering and engineering geological services to submit a Statement of Qualifications. The contractor will provide expert technical advice and consultation for the review, evaluation, analysis, and inspection of structures associated with the State Water Project.  View the RFQ here.

On September 5, the Oroville Dam Spillway Incident Independent Forensic Team (IFT), delivered the second Interim Status Memorandum to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). This memorandum presents a summary of findings and opinions to date regarding the chain of conditions, actions and inactions that in February 2017 caused the damage to the service […]

The U.S. Society on Dams (USSD) announces a Memorandum of Understanding with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), designed to facilitate collaboration between USSD and TNC to advance the joint interest of ensuring the nation’s dams and levees are sited, operated, maintained and decommissioned in a way that meets the evolving needs of society. The two organizations […]

05/26/17 The United States Society on Dams (USSD) and the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) have released the following statement: Oroville Press Release – May 2017  The article references the following documents: Resumes of Oroville Investigation Team Members Memorandum

For Immediate Release April 20, 2017 Media Contact: Gene Guilford, gene@ussdams.org / 860-989-0756   United States Society on Dams Joins Infrastructure Week 2017 Infrastructure Week – May 15-19, 2017 – is a week-long series of events raising awareness about why it is #TimeToBuild better infrastructure for our country [Denver, CO., April 20, 2017] – Today, the […]

In recent remarks to an industry roundtable, President Donald Trump said, “You know, hydropower is a great, great form of power. But we don’t even talk about it anymore because the permits are virtually impossible. [Hydropower] is one of the best things you can do, but we don’t even talk about it anymore.” For those […]

Montpelier, VT, April 4, 2017—The Nature Conservancy has published the results of its Dam Screening Tool for the Lake Champlain Basin. The Dam Screening Tool assessed four-hundred dams and categorized them into five tiers based on the significance of their ecological impacts on Vermont’s waterways, such as blocked fish passage and fragmentation of river ecosystems. […]

BOSTON, April 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Rye Development announced today the receipt of a hydropower license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the Allegheny 2 Hydroelectric Project, a 17-Megawatt facility, which will be located on the Allegheny No. 2 Lock and Dam owned by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Rye Development and […]