Ocklawaha River s Rodman Dam a High Hazard Structure at Risk of Catastrophic Breach
Engineering study recommends removal of controversial dam or major tax expenditures to correct structural safety deficiencies
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OCALA, Fla., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Rodman Dam on the Ocklawaha River should be reclassified as a high hazard structure based on a new independent civil engineering analysis of previously undisclosed government inspection reports.
The report released by the Florida Defenders of the Environment shows that the state Department of Environmental Protection has ignored a long list of structural weaknesses documented at the dam for more than five years, raising the risk of a dam breach that would threaten downstream communities, including hundreds of homes and other buildings valued at nearly $60 million.
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