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The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control advises dam and reservoir owner-operators to take proactive steps to prepare for potentially severe weather.

Montpelier, Vt. — Following historic flooding that has occurred throughout Vermont, the states Dam Safety Program is conducting inspections to identify dams that may have been impacted.

When historic floods inundated Vermont earlier this month, many of the state's 1,200 dams came under unfathomable pressure. Swollen rivers pressed against obsolete stone dams....

This week Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation announced it would conduct safety inspections throughout the state to identify dams that may have been impacted by the historic flooding last week.

WILLIAMSTOWN – With waterlogged Williamstown still reeling from damage caused by last week’s widespread flooding, Select Board Chair Larry Hebert issued an apocalyptic admonition involving a privately owned dam that

Dole Food Co. Hawaii, a subsidiary of Ireland-based Dole plc, faces fines tied to deficiency notices involving the safety of the Wahiawa dam dating back to 2009.

If the bill is signed mandatory inspections will be required every two years for state owned dams. These inspections must be completed by a civil engineer who will then “submit an accompanying report to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management [ADEM]” per the bill’s text.

The Dam Safety Program of the Department of Environmental Conservation launched a new online Vermont Dam Inventory.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation has made a new inventory of the state’s dams available to the public. The Vermont Dam Inventory comes as part of the state’s Dam Safety Program, which aims to “reduce risks...

Two unreported incidents of coal wastewater releases in Grande Cache have prompted calls for more stringent oversight.