watershed dams maintenance renovation/rehabilitation
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Watershed Dams
Maintenance
Renovation/Rehabilitation
• 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
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
South Fork Broad River 19
South Fork Broad River After Clearing
Sandy Creek 8 maintenance
Sandy Creek 8
Gate Repair
SC8-Trash Rack Repair- Low Stage Inlet
Sharp Mountain 28
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
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
SR4 Upstream View
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
