{"id":86337,"date":"2024-09-20T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/?p=86337"},"modified":"2024-09-19T20:43:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T00:43:29","slug":"midwest-dam-safety-projects-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/20092024\/midwest-dam-safety-projects-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Midwest States Struggle to Fund Dam Safety Projects, Even as Federal Aid Hits Historic Highs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS\u2014A record amount of federal aid will soon flow to states to help fix, replace or demolish their aging dams, many of which are under <a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/05072024\/midwest-dams-in-poor-condition\/\">increasing pressure<\/a> as climate change fuels more frequent and severe extreme weather events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About $3 billion was dedicated to dam projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Congress passed in 2021. A chunk of those allocated funds has been awarded to states this year through several federal grant programs aimed at improving dam safety and upgrading the nation\u2019s hydropower infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far this year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has distributed a record $215 million in dam safety grants. And earlier this month, the Department of Energy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/biden-harris-administration-invests-430-million-upgrade-americas-hydropower-infrastructure\">announced<\/a> it was handing out more than $433 million to projects that will improve safety and grid resilience for hydropower dams across 33 states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Midwestern states are largely missing out on that historic pool of money when compared to other U.S. regions, according to an Inside Climate News analysis of federal data. Eleven Midwest states will receive a total of $30 million in FEMA dam safety grants this year, just half of the roughly $60 million that 13 states in the South will receive. Another $60 million will go to 11 states in the Northeast. 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That amount is about half of what Northeastern and Southern states will receive and about a third of what Western states will get. DOE awarded more than $176 million to six Western states: Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State dam safety officials said that discrepancy is due to several factors, including the presence of larger dams with more people living downstream in the West and Northeast. Because FEMA has a limited amount of money to give out, the agency is prioritizing dams in the poorest condition that also pose the greatest risk to the public. Midwest states also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/energyexplained\/hydropower\/where-hydropower-is-generated.php\">tend to have fewer hydroelectric dams<\/a> than coastal states, as well as some Southern states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, the officials said, the situation has left many Midwestern states shortchanged when it comes to fixing the thousands of aging dams they do have, many of which are privately owned and would cause considerable economic damage, and potentially loss of life, if they failed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Floodwaters overwhelmed dams in at least four Midwestern states\u2014Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio and Illinois\u2014amid record rainfall in June and July. Some of those dams, including the Rapidan Dam in southern Minnesota, whose partial failure destroyed a family home and business, don\u2019t qualify for the federal dam safety grants currently available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere needs to be a lot more funding opportunities,\u201d said Mia Kannik, Ohio\u2019s Dam Safety Program manager. \u201cFixing their dams, or even if they want to just get rid of the dam, removing a dam is expensive\u2014so finding funding opportunities is a real challenge for dam owners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018Humongous\u2019 Amount Required to Fix U.S. Dams<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio received $10.9 million from FEMA to repair its most dilapidated and dangerous dams; only Pennsylvania received more in this round of funding. But that money is \u201cjust a drop in the bucket\u201d compared to what Ohio needs to properly address its ailing dam infrastructure, Kannik said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 500 of Ohio\u2019s dams are in \u201cpoor\u201d or \u201cunsatisfactory\u201d condition, and 134 of those would likely threaten human lives or cause significant property damage if they failed, according to the National Inventory of Dams, a federal database managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. More than 4,200 dams, spanning every state, are in similar or worse condition while also posing a threat to human lives or property, federal data shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are roughly 92,000 dams across the United States, according to the Army Corps. Most are more than 60 years old, and many are more than a century old and in need of repair. Last year, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials <a href=\"https:\/\/damsafety.org\/RehabEstimate\">estimated<\/a> it would cost more than $157 billion to fix the vast majority of U.S. dams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a humongous number,\u201d Kannik said of the estimate. \u201cMore attention needs to be on dams, so that we can get proper funding so dams can either be removed or repaired, so that they are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FEMA awarded Minnesota $2 million to fix its riskiest dams in poor condition, but all of that money will go to just one project, said Jason Boyle, the dam safety engineer for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got over $100 million of need out there for all those dams,\u201d Boyle said. \u201cThat\u2019s just the 600 or so that we\u2019ve identified as a state or local government owned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMore attention needs to be on dams, so that we can get proper funding so dams can either be removed or repaired, so that they are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>\u2014 Mia Kannik, Ohio\u2019s Dam Safety Program manager<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Boyle said only two of Minnesota\u2019s nearly 1,200 dams would qualify for the FEMA dam safety grant, which only accepts dams that could cause loss of life if they fail and are in poor or unsatisfactory condition. Similarly, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Missouri and Illinois have few to no dams that would qualify, state safety officials told Inside Climate News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI and a lot of other Midwestern representatives have commiserated about those [FEMA] programs,\u201d said Uriah Monday, an engineer for the Wisconsin Dam Safety Program. \u201cWe have very few dams in the Midwest that meet the criteria for getting any of that money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, FEMA said the eligibility requirements for the agency\u2019s dam safety grant program are defined <a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title33-chapter9-subchapter7&amp;saved=%7CKHRpdGxlOjMzIHNlY3Rpb246NDY3Zi0yIGVkaXRpb246cHJlbGltKQ%3D%3D%7C%7C%7C0%7Cfalse%7Cprelim&amp;edition=prelim\">by statute<\/a>, aimed at addressing the most at-risk dams that pose a threat to the public. FEMA also offers grants for dams that don\u2019t qualify for dam safety grants, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/grants\/mitigation\/hazard-mitigation\">Hazard Mitigation Grant Program<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/grants\/mitigation\/building-resilient-infrastructure-communities\">Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program<\/a>, the agency added.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"icn-donate-block\"><h3 class=\"block-title\">This story is funded by readers like you.<\/h3><p>Our nonprofit newsroom provides award-winning climate coverage free of charge and advertising. We rely on donations from readers like you to keep going. Please donate now to support our work.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimate.fundjournalism.org\/donate\/?amount=15&#038;campaign=7013a000003Bk97AAC&#038;frequency=monthly\" class=\"button button-red\" target=\"_blank\">Donate Now<\/a><\/div> <!-- \/.icn-donate-block -->\n\n\n<p>Midwest safety officials said they understand why FEMA is prioritizing those projects, since those dams pose the greatest threats to communities. Still, the officials said, their states need help repairing or removing dams that could cause major financial headaches if they failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFEMA\u2019s program is designed to address dams in highly populated locations,\u201d said Paul Mauer, chief engineer for the Illinois dam safety program. \u201cOur greatest funding needs are for dams \u2026 in rural, declining communities and thus have no source of funds to maintain or remove them. They typically create no potential for loss of life, but may cause considerable economic damage when they fail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Infrastructure Money Will Soon Run Dry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials will open its annual conference in Denver. But Minnesota\u2019s Boyle said he and other Midwest dam safety officials always get together before the national conference starts to talk about what issues they\u2019re dealing with regionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd you know, inevitably, one of them will be the grants,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s always a topic of conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the injection of federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, many Midwest states are receiving more federal aid for dams this year than ever before. Ohio, for example, is getting three to four times the amount of dam safety funding from FEMA this year compared to last year, depending on which grant program is being counted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/New-Cumberland-Locks-and-Dam.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the New Cumberland Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Stratton, Ohio. 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Credit: Andrew Byrne\/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But Boyle and other state officials worry that such high funding levels for dams won\u2019t last long. FEMA received $733 million in total from the infrastructure law to use for dam safety grants, of which $215 million has now been allocated to states. But the remaining amount is expected to run out after next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe funding opportunities for the remaining BIL grant funds will be announced in early 2025,\u201d FEMA said in a statement, but the agency \u201ccannot provide a specific funding estimate at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those FEMA grant programs typically receive annual appropriations from Congress of about $10 million\u2014a precipitous drop from the $185 million the agency awarded this year. State officials say that returning to that level of funding would bring much of their dam safety work to a halt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have this huge need, and the federal funding is helpful, but it\u2019s not enough,\u201d Boyle said. \u201cWe would need this consistent amount applied over a period of a long time, not just one or two years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: \u201cIf we keep getting the massive storms that we\u2019ve been getting, there are dams that are not designed to handle those storms, so the end result would be potential failure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because FEMA can\u2019t advocate for legislation or funding of any kind, that largely leaves the issue up to Congress, which could pass additional legislation to fund dam safety efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with so many dams in dire need of repairs in Ohio, the public is largely unaware of the issue, Kannik said, so people aren\u2019t advocating for dam funding like they do with roads and bridges. 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