Another awful reminder: Iowa Dam Collapse

Posted by Steve Anderson on Monday, July 26th, 2010

The 2009 ASCE Infrastructure Report Card grade for dams nationally was a “D,” and identified 31 dams in Iowa  in need of repairs to meet minimum standards.  The Lake Delhi dam failure destroyed acres of farmland, hundreds of homes and businesses — yet another example of the consequences of neglecting infrastructure.  Fortunately, this time there were no injuries.

Katrina and the I-35W Bridge collapse were shocking examples of enormous infrastructure failures, with heart-breaking consequences.  Is that what it takes to spur action?  Have we not learned any lessons from those tragedies?

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