Dam Safety Program

The Dam Safety Program monitors and regulates both private and public dams in Texas. The program periodically inspects dams that pose a high or significant hazard and makes recommendations and reports to dam owners to help them maintain safe facilities.

This page links to Texas regulations on dams, manuals on dam safety, and forms used by the program. Some files linked from this page are in Portable Document Format (PDF). (Help with PDF.)



Regulations

Texas Administrative Code Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 299: Dams and Reservoirs

Manuals

Guidelines for the Operation and Maintenance of Dams in Texas

Dam Removal Guidelines

Hydrologic and Hydraulic Guidelines for Dams in Texas

Forms

20344—Information Sheet: Existing Dam (PDF)    (DOC)

20345—Information Sheet: Proposed New Construction, Modification, Repair, Alteration, or Removal of a Dam (PDF)    (DOC)

20346—Hydrologic and Hydraulic (H&H) Evaluation Summary (PDF)    (DOC)

20347—Engineer’s Notification of Completion (PDF)    (DOC)

20361—Dam Inspection Form (PDF)    (DOC)

20366—Reporting Suspicious Dam Incidents (PDF)    (DOC)

Meeting Minutes

Rules Stakeholder Meeting Minutes(PDF)

For further information or assistance, contact the Dam Safety Program at 512-239-0400.