Georgia has 357 watershed dams. Watershed dams provide flood control, water quality, recreation, and water supply benefits to Georgia citizens.

Pursuant to the Georgia Safe Dams Act, O.C.G.A. Secs. 12-5-370 et seq., the Safe Dams Program is responsible for developing and maintaining an inventory of dams, classifying dams, and ensuring compliance of all regulated dams.

Discover the dams in Georgia. Dam overviews, locations, history, maps, facts, spillway details, statistics and more.

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) Safe Dams Program received awards from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the rehabilitation of certain High Hazard Potential Dams (HHPD).

This category is for articles about dams in the U.S. state of Georgia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dams in Georgia (U.S. state). This category has only the following subcategory. The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 …

There are 3,278 Dams in Georgia. Free topo maps of Dams in Georgia, along with GPS coordinates, elevation, photos & more.

The Safe Dams Program (SDP) receives its legal authorization from OCGA§12-5-370 to 12-5-385 which is the Georgia Safe Dams Act. The Safe Dams Program is responsible for developing and maintaining an inventory of dams, classifying dams, and ensuring compliance of …

all flood control dams in Georgia. • Funding to rehab high priority dams. • Allowing use of state engineering standards for federally-funded dam rehabilitation. Georgia’s Flood Control Dams By the Numbers 357 flood control dams in Georgia protect roads, bridges, homes, businesses, farms, and people $24 million in annual benefits are provided

The Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission received funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for the Small Watershed Rehabilitation Program (REHAB) that was managed by USDA-NRCS.

Carters Dam is an earthen embankment dam located south of Chatsworth in Murray County and west of Ellijay in northwestern Georgia, United States, that creates Carters Lake. The dam is 445 feet (136 m) tall and is situated 26.8 miles (43.1 km) above the mouth of the Coosawattee River. The drainage area is 376 square miles (970 km2). [1]