Resource
Dams Sector Profile
Resource Type
Pamphlet, Handouts and Fact Sheets
Reference Title
Dams Sector Profile
Organization/Agency
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Year
2021
Abstract/Additional Information
The Dams Sector delivers critical water retention and control services in the United States, including hydroelectric power generation, municipal and industrial water supplies, agricultural irrigation, sediment and flood control, river navigation for inland bulk shipping, industrial waste management, and recreation.
Its key services support multiple critical infrastructure sectors and industries. Dams Sector assets provide enough water for 130 million people, irrigation for 4 percent of cropland, and generate renewable hydroelectric power for 10 million homes.
Sector assets include dam projects (dams), navigation locks, levees, hydropower projects, dikes, hurricane barriers, tailings dams, and other industrial waste impoundments.
