Clearinghouse for Dam Removal Information - Hosted by WRCA.

Inventories
National Inventory of Dams (NID) - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Fish Passage Decision Support System - US Fish and Wildlife Service

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• Association of State Dam Safety Officials


• The American Experience: Hoover Dam Called "the greatest engineering work of its character ever attempted by the hand of man," the dam reflected the engineering genius and design philosophy of the time.


• Building the Ultimate Dam, by Donald C. Jackson Published in 1995 by the University of Kansas Press, this book documents the life and career of John S. Eastwood and the development of the multiple-arch dam.


• California Division of Safety of Dams


• Dam and Reservoir Impact Information Archive features a collection of Internet-accessible information about the environmental impacts of dams, water diversions, impoundments, and hydroelectric projects; sponsored by the Dam-Reservoir Working Group and the Coalition to Preserve Hudson and James Bays.


• Dam Removal: A New Option for a New Century. The Aspen Institute, Program on Energy, the Environment, and the Economy (2002). [WRCA call #: 24.1 P2-2] Note: This publication and corresponding brochure (summary) are available from the Aspen Institute's Web site.
    Dam Removal: A New Option... [.pdf]
    Brochure [.pdf]
• Note: WRCA is currently working collaboratively with a national working group to realize Recommendation 13, Establish a Clearinghouse for Dam Removal Information. Visit the Clearinghouse at: http://lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/damremoval


• Dam Safety U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• http://www.usbr.gov/dsis/dso_imap.html [inactive as of 10/28/04] Index of USBR Dams by State


• Glen Canyon Action Network "A people's movement to protect and restore the integrity of the Colorado River watershed."


• Grand Coulee Dam


• Hetch Hetchy
• Discover Hetch Hetchy Environmental Defense
• Hetch Hetchy Restoration Study - California Dept. of Water Resources
• Restore Hetch Hetchy - A non-profit organization
• Hetch Hetchy : Time to Redeem a Historic Mistake - Sierra Club
• Re-assembling Hetch Hetchy : Water Supply Implications of Removing O'Shaughnessy Dam - by Sarah Null (pdf)
• Also see Hetch Hetchy Valley: Water and California's Future - a WRCA-sponsored California Colloquium on Water lecture by Sarah Null, Spreck Rosekrans, and Jay Lund. Streaming video and PowerPoint presentations available online.


• Hoover Dam
• Hoover Dam - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• Hoover Dam: Lonely Lands Made Fruitful University of Virginia's American Studies Program presents a photoessay on the construction of the Hoover Dam as an alternative narrative to the devastation of the Great Depression.


• International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD)


• International Hydropower Association - The IHA is a non-governmental mutual association of organizations and professionals. Through its international membership, the Association is established as a global organisation advancing hydropower's role in meeting the world's water and energy needs.


• International Rivers Network


• Matilija Dam Ecosystem Restoration Project


• United States Society on Dams (USSD) Formerly U.S. Committee on Large Dams (USCOLD)


• World Commission on Dams (WCD)
• Dams and Development, 2000 report

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