Watershed DamsMaintenance

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

Questions?

Bob FulmerRural Water Program Manager

bfulmer@gaswcc.org706-552-4470