INDIANAPOLIS — As Minnesota emergency management officials brace for the “imminent collapse” of a large dam near Mankato, 13News wanted to know about the condition of our area’s largest “high-hazard” dams.One of the largest high hazard dams in central Indiana is the Eagle Creek Reservoir Dam, owned by the City of Indianapolis. According to theA Department of Public Works official told 13News, it was “conditionally poor” in 2006, but since then has been upgraded to “fair.
“The City is proactively managing that and realizes that the dam is a very important asset that we have and has a lot of potential risk associated with it,” said Channon Killion, DPW Engineering Stormwater Administrator. “So day in and day out, we're doing what work we can to minimize that risk as much as possible.”
“The report must then be submitted to the Indiana DNR,” said DNR spokeswoman Holly Lawson. “If after an inspection, the licensed professional engineer who conducted the inspection determines that maintenance, repairs, or alterations to a high-hazard potential structure are necessary to remedy deficiencies in the structure, the owner shall perform the recommended maintenance, repairs, or alterations.