§ 6075 Dam Safety Oversight

• •The government watches over how dams and reservoirs are built, fixed, and taken down.
• •They do this to keep people and their stuff safe.
• •If you want to build or change a dam, you have to follow their rules.

A company wants to build a new dam to create a lake for a town.

The company must follow the government's rules for building the dam to make sure it doesn't break and flood the town.