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  • Steve Young's Legacy: Four Decades of Dedication at Indian Rock Dam

    The Indian Rock Dam is firmly positioned in southern Pennsylvania, where Codorus Creek drifts through the countryside. Steve Young, a seasoned veteran of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has more than 40 years of dedicated service at the helm of this critical infrastructure.
  • Defining Hydropower: a glimpse into the world of a power plant operator

    Power plant operators are an integral to running a dam. But what does it mean to be an operator? To gain a better understanding of the job, we interviewed three power plant operators who work at dams in the Walla Walla District: Telzey Bartley, Billie Guille and Summer Dellamater.
  • Dam operators play essential role in public safety

    Michael Moran is a dam operator at Santa Fe Dam and Reservoir, which is a flood risk management project constructed and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District. Built in 1949, the project is located on the San Gabriel River about four miles downstream from the mouth of the San Gabriel Canyon, near Irwindale, Calif. It is one of 13 dams in the District.