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The Association of State Dam Safety Official’s mission is to advance and improve the safety of dams by supporting the dam safety community and state dam safety programs, raising awareness of dam safety issues, facilitating cooperation, providing a forum for the exchange of information, representing dam safety interests before governments, providing outreach programs, and creating a unified community of dam safety advocates.
The overall purpose of the Model State Dam Safety Program (Model Program) is to enhance national dam safety. The objective is to encourage progressive safety standards in the promulgated practices and procedures state agencies use to regulate dam site investigation, design, construction, operation and maintenance, and emergency planning and preparedness. The Model Program is meant to outline the key components of an effective state dam safety program. It does not mirror any state program, nor does it supplant any state's existing criteria. It is intended to provide guidance on the development of more effective and sustainable state programs that will mitigate major risks facing dams across the nation. The Model Program is a collaborative effort between the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Dam Safety Program. The Model Program supports ASDSO’s mission to improve the
condition and safety of dams through education, support state dam safety programs, and foster a unified dam safety community.


Goals:
The target audience for this document includes state dam safety program managers, their management, and legislators, with dam owners, engineers, and dam safety staff as a secondary audience.
*Goal #1: Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of state dam safety programs.
*Goal #2: Raise awareness of dam safety among the general public, media, state and federal governments, and other stakeholders.
*Goal #3: Facilitate interorganizational, intergovernmental and interstate cooperation.
*Goal #4: Provide the professional dam safety community with forums for the exchange of information
*Goal #5: Provide representation of dam safety interests before state legislatures, Congress and executive branches,
*Goal #6: Provide quality and effective outreach programs.
*Goal #7: Create a unified community of dam safety advocates through membership in ASDSO.
*Goal #8: Manage the association effectively through internal policies and procedures.
 
There is great variance in the effectiveness of the existing state dam safety programs. Some of this variance may be appropriate as each state must address
its dam safety needs and responsibilities in its own way. Some state programs, however, are not considered to be adequate. Also many unsafe dams have been identified and the required remedial action has not been implemented.  


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[https://damtoolbox.org/images/f/f4/FEMA316.pdf 2007]
[https://damtoolbox.org/images/f/f4/FEMA316.pdf 2007]</br>
[https://damtoolbox.org/images/a/a9/FEMA316.1998.pdf 1998]</br>
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Latest revision as of 16:48, 29 January 2026

Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2022


The overall purpose of the Model State Dam Safety Program (Model Program) is to enhance national dam safety. The objective is to encourage progressive safety standards in the promulgated practices and procedures state agencies use to regulate dam site investigation, design, construction, operation and maintenance, and emergency planning and preparedness. The Model Program is meant to outline the key components of an effective state dam safety program. It does not mirror any state program, nor does it supplant any state's existing criteria. It is intended to provide guidance on the development of more effective and sustainable state programs that will mitigate major risks facing dams across the nation. The Model Program is a collaborative effort between the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Dam Safety Program. The Model Program supports ASDSO’s mission to improve the condition and safety of dams through education, support state dam safety programs, and foster a unified dam safety community.

The target audience for this document includes state dam safety program managers, their management, and legislators, with dam owners, engineers, and dam safety staff as a secondary audience.


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Revision Date: 01/29/2026

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