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CHAPTER 17. MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES <br />17-2 <br />Table 17-1. Catalog of Mitigation Alternatives – Dam Failure <br />Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale <br />Manipulate Hazard <br />1. None 1. Remove dams <br />2. Remove levees <br />3. Harden dams <br />1. Remove dams <br />2. Remove levees <br />3. Harden dams <br />Reduce Exposure <br />1. Relocate out of dam <br />failure inundation areas <br />1. Replace earthen dams with <br />hardened structures <br /> <br />1. Replace earthen dams with hardened <br />structures <br />2. Relocate critical facilities out of dam <br />failure inundation areas <br />3. Consider open space land use in designated <br />dam failure inundation areas <br />Reduce Vulnerability <br />1. Elevate home to <br />appropriate levels <br />1. Flood-proof facilities within <br />dam failure inundation areas <br />1. Adopt higher regulatory floodplain <br />standards in mapped dam failure <br />inundation areas <br />2. Retrofit critical facilities within dam failure <br />inundation areas <br />Increase Preparation or Response Capability <br />1. Learn about risk <br />reduction for the dam <br />failure hazard <br />2. Learn the evacuation <br />routes for a dam failure <br />event <br />3. Educate yourself on <br />early warning systems <br />and the dissemination <br />of warnings <br />1. Educate employees on the <br />probable impacts of a dam <br />failure <br />2. Develop a continuity of <br />operations plan <br />1. Map dam failure inundation areas <br />2. Enhance emergency operations plan to <br />include a dam failure component <br />3. Institute monthly communications checks <br />with dam operators <br />4. Inform the public on risk reduction <br />techniques <br />5. Adopt real-estate disclosure requirements <br />for the re-sale of property located within <br />dam failure inundation areas <br />6. Consider the probable impacts of climate in <br />assessing the risk associated with the dam <br />failure hazard <br />7. Establish early warning capability <br />downstream of listed high hazard dams <br />8. Consider the residual risk associated with <br />protection provided by dams in future land <br />use decisions <br /> <br />