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Watershed Dams Maintenance Renovation/Rehabilitation. Maintenance. Districts with co-sponsors have signed agreements to maintain flood control dams but without funding to do so.
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Watershed Dams • Maintenance • Renovation/Rehabilitation
Maintenance • Districts with co-sponsors have signed agreements to maintain flood control dams but without funding to do so. • GSWCC obtained maintenance funding beginning in the late 90’s through state bond appropriation and modest dollars within the GSWCC annual budget. • Special Funds from the governor have provide for maintenance on 20 plus dams identified in our • water supply study completed in 2008. Talking Rock 2
Maintenance Expenditures • With state appropriations, over 120 dams have experienced some level of maintenance at an average cost of $17,000 dollars per dam. • Estimated needs: an additional 80 to 100 dams require maintenance • Priority will be maintaining, high hazard, CAT 1 dams Middle Fork Broad River 44
Recent Maintenance Initiatives • Utilized State DOC assistance to clear 6 dams in Pickens County • Currently Developing an agreement with Pickens to use local correctional personnel to maintain additional dams • Developed a contract with RC&D council to clear one to two dams in Carroll County Sharp Mountain 28
Rehab-Recent Success • The NRCS dam rehabilitation program provided 65% of the cost , through federal stimulus, to rehabilitate and upgrade 4 dams to meet dam safety requirements • GSWCC partnered with NRCS and through state bond appropriation met the 35% requirement for local sponsor participation • This past summer ,the rehabilitation was completed utilizing approximately 6.0 million dollars for design and construction . Sandy Creek 15
Future Rehab • GSWCC has secured bond funding for rehabilitation design and construction for two additional dams: Ellijay 1 in Gilmer Co. and South River 29 in Madison County • No federal rehab dollars available • Expected Cost 5 million Dollars • Construction is anticipated December 2012 • Design and Construction- 3 additional dams in • 2013-Approximately 6 million dollars South River 4
Questions? Bob Fulmer Rural Water Program Manager bfulmer@gaswcc.org 706-552-4470