Cover image for the Texas Water Journal, Volume 16, Number 1: Guadalupe River Nature Trail at Canyon Lake Dam. ©2023 Erich Ross Schlegel.
The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in Volume 16, titled “Dam Failure and Reconstruction in the Guadalupe Valley Lakes Region of Central Texas,” by Andrew T. Adams, Melinda Villagran, and Robert E. Mace.
Along a segment of the Guadalupe River in Central Texas, numerous historic dams owned and operated by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority have failed. These dams create small lakes along which a string of communities have deeply embedded their lives.
In this paper, the authors present a case study investigating the failure of the Lake Dunlap Dam and the subsequent responses at the community, regulatory, and state levels. The case study of the Guadalupe Valley Lake region dam failures and aftermath can inform policy and management regarding Texas’s vast and aging dam infrastructure.
Read the full article to learn more.
The journal — an online, peer-reviewed journal published by the nonprofit, the Texas Water Journal, in cooperation with the Texas Water Resources Institute, a unit of Texas A&M AgriLife Research that brings together expertise from across the Texas A&M University System, the Bureau of Economic Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin, and the Water and the Environment Research Center in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering at Texas Tech University — publishes papers as they are completed.
It is devoted to the timely consideration of Texas water resources management, research and policy issues from a multidisciplinary perspective that integrates science, engineering, law, planning and other disciplines. It also provides updates on key state legislation and policy changes by Texas administrative agencies.
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