Resource
Ensuring Public Safety by Investing in Our Nation’s Critical Dams and Levees
Resource Type
Reports
Reference Title
Ensuring Public Safety by Investing in Our Nation’s Critical Dams and Levees
Organization/Agency
Center for American Progress
Year
2012
Date
09/2012
Abstract/Additional Information
Report details the condition of U.S. dam and levee infrastructure; relative responsibilities of local, state, and federal agencies for dam and levee safety; steps needed to bring these structures into a state of good repair or, where appropriate, to breach them; policy recommendations, including immediately reauthorizing the National Dam Safety Program, creating a National Levee Safety Program, and increasing federal spending on both infrastructure types by at least a combined $1 billion annually.
