§ 6120 Dam Safety Investigations

• •The government checks dams and reservoirs to make sure they are safe and don't waste money.
• •They study how dams are built to keep people and places safe.
• •They collect information to make smart decisions about dams.

A big dam is built near a town to hold water.

The government will look at how the dam is built to make sure it won’t break and flood the town. They also check if it’s built in a way that doesn’t cost too much money.