DAM/LEVEE SYSTEM EVALUATION PLANS
MINIMUM TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Title page
Table of contents
Numbered pages
A 2-4 page executive summary
Maps, photographs, and/or drawings sufficient to illustrate the critical elementsof the planning document
Clear easily readable illustrations, tables, and maps
Clear concise readable text with a minimum of professional jargon
Sources clearly indicated in tables and/or by footnote in text
Provide one (1) digital copy and ten (10) hard copies of the plan (of which one copy will be submitted to the IOCRA)
The planning study will comply with:
For Dams – DNR Guidelines for new and existing dams per:
For Levees – FEMA Levee System Information available at:
ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN
A. INTRODUCTION/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Objectives of the plan
Scope of the plan
Events that led to the planning process
Who commissioned the plan
Process used in developing the plan
- Community meetings/discussion
How to use the plan
B. EXISTING FACILITIES:
Project Planning Area
- Location (maps, photographs, sketches)
- Environmental resources present
- History
- Growth areas and population trends
Existing Facilities/Conditions:
- Hydrology and Hydraulics
- Background, Purpose, Hydraulic Models, etc…
- Dam/Levee Freeboard
- Dam/Levee Foundation Stability
- Bank Erosion
- Field Inspection, Previous Reports, Risk Factors, Priorities
- Needed Improvements
- Dam/Levee, Erosion Control, etc…
- Financial status of facilities
- NEED FOR PROJECT
Health, Sanitation, Security
System Operations/Maintenance
Growth
D. FEASABILITY STUDY OF ALTERNATIVES
Prioritized outline of specific, quantifiable alternativeactions in logical order or phases, including proposed:
- Description/Design Criteria
- Maps
- Environmental Impacts
- Impacts/Mitigation of Dam/Levee and Erosion Treatments
- Land Requirements
- Construction Considerations
- General estimates of costs (construction, non-construction, mitigation, O&M)
- Advantages/Disadvantages of each alternative
Discussion of a decommissioning alternative
- Description/Design Criteria
- Maps
- Impacts
- Land Requirements
- Construction Considerations
- General estimates of costs (construction, non-construction, mitigation)
- Advantages/Disadvantages of alternative
- RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE
Overview of identified deficiencies
Project Design
Cost Estimates and financial considerations
- Future Emergency Action Plan Updates
- Future Inspection Costs
Timetable
Financial tools - local assessments, grants, tax credits
Legal tools - ordinances, enforcement policy
Groups and organizations that can help with implementation
Proposed revisions and re-connections to existing plans and land use regulations
- SUMMARY/CONCLUSIONS
Overview of the plan, process and who was involved
Timeframes and mechanisms for evaluation, monitoring and updating the plan
G.APPENDICES
Survey information
Specifications on materials or products
Details of any elements of the plan