Truman Dam Rated 'Potentially Unsafe' In New Engineering Study

The Corp like all bureaucracies is hard to understand. I read this as saying anything is possible and not our fault if God does something weird. What do you think?

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The Harry S. Truman Dam received the assignment of a Dam Safety Action Class (DSAC) 2 Rating. According to the Corps of Engineers, a DSAC 2 Rating is Urgent (Unsafe or Potentially Unsafe) and is characterized as “Failure Initiation Foreseen or Very High Risk.”

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I think all dams have a potential to be unsafe, not to worried about it but I live upstream.

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Originally Posted by Bigby

I think all dams have a potential to be unsafe, not to worried about it but I live upstream.

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I just found it to be an odd bit of news

Thought it was odd when I read it. Seems like you could say that about all dams.

So much potential energy, kinda scary when you think about it.

Would definitely be a disaster with all the homes below it all the way to the Mississippi. Ain't no way Bagnel could hold it all

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"Potentially" ANYTHING could happen. At ANY time. Potentially.

Potentially it could just be bureaucratic politics. It isn't unheard of for different divisions in a bureaucracy to compete for funds. Like I say I struck me as odd and would like the "inside" story.

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Originally Posted by wolfhnd

Potentially it could just be bureaucratic politics. It isn't unheard of for different divisions in a bureaucracy to compete for funds. Like I say I struck me as odd and would like the "inside" story.

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Our Govm't. dollars at work. Mostly "CYA", just in case. I'll bet there is a similar report on every Corps. dam.

The reason this is relevant to us is it could be used to keep the lake below an optimal recreation pool?

Dunno. Tablerock was "unsafe". They built a new larger spillway next to the dam for emergency overflow. Supposed to be OK now.

Problem here is that Bagnell Dam is not a flood control structure and is aging. I had considered a larger over flow canal or an overflow canal if Truman doesn't have one but not sure that addresses the problem. How about another lake upstream of Truman that would not only make it "safe" but solve the silt problem? Would provide a lot of jobs and a new fishing hole :-)

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Originally Posted by Hogster1

Ain't no way Bagnel could hold it all

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And Bagnell Dam looks Super Safe! :Rofl