Amendments Threaten State Dam Safety (318)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Changes in state law regulating local dam safety could endanger the lives and property of Tennesseeans, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville civil engineering professor said Wednesday. Dr. Bruce Tschantz said Tennessee’s Safe Dams Act of 1973 enabled state inspectors to regulate unsafe, mostly earthen dams and force owners to rebuild them to safe