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"In the years to come, state and local leaders face difficult choices about where to invest in maintaining and improving dams," a new report said.
Up to 100 homes in Manawa in central Wisconsin, including a nursing home, were evacuated Friday after erosion caused the bank at the edge of the Manawa Mill Pond dam to fail.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
List of dam failures; Category:Dam failures; Levee failures and breaches; ... This page was last edited on 31 March 2022, at 04:13 (UTC).
A dam in an eastern Wisconsin community has been breached, prompting people living downriver to be evacuated, the National Weather Service said Friday. The dam in Manawa along the Little Wolf ...
Pages in category "Dam failures" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In 2022, a USA TODAY investigation identified more than 3,000 U.S. dams in poor or unsatisfactory condition that are likely to destroy property or kill people if they fail. Another 7,000 dams had ...
The reservoir emptying through the failed Teton Dam on June 5, 1976 Ruins of the dam of Vega de Tera (Spain) after breaking in 1959. A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. [1]