More than 200 of Kentucky’s 1,000 dams in Kentucky are considered high hazards, which threaten property, people and animals if breached.
Marilyn Thomas, environmental engineer consultant for the Dam Safety Branch of the state’s Division of Water, told The Bowling Green Daily News that Kentucky needs $1.5 million of an estimated $16 million in rehabilitation funds.
Thomas says the funds would cover only public dams, because repairs for private dams are the owners’ responsibilities.
The dam data were part of a recent report, “The Cost of Rehabilitating our Nation’s Dams,” published by the Association of Dam Safety Officials. That report said the needs are evenly split between private and public dams.
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