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Benefits of Hazard Assessment using SQRA for Rural Dams

Decades-old dams often become higher risk as they age, but owners might have limited resources for assessing the actual risks. A semi-quantitative risk assessment (SQRA) offers a solution. South River Dam #19 (SR-19), a flood control structure built in 1956 by the USDA-Soil Conservation Service near Waynesboro, Virginia, was designed as a low hazard structure […]

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Six of a Kind – Principal Spillway Conduit Sliplining of the Beautiful Run Watershed Dams

The flood control dams of the Beautiful Run Watershed were constructed during the 1960’s by the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Madison County, Virginia.  The dams are sponsored by the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD).  Six of the eight total Beautiful Run dams were originally constructed with bituminous coated corrugated metal pipe […]