Celebrating 30 Years of Environmental Progress As The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
PA Environment Daily
JULY 1, 2025
These efforts have reduced the number of unsafe dams from 210 to just 66, with no loss-of-life dam failures since modern dam safety regulations were passed in 1978. billion to date for reclamation efforts. Over the past 30 years, DEP has reviewed more than 1,700 dam rehabilitation projects and removed over 560 dams.
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