Operation And Maintenance Plan Template Page 17
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39[Insert Dam Name]
Operations and Maintenance Plan
Table 7 – Example summary of required maintenance activities –
[Insert dam
name]
Responsibility
Component
Maintenance activity
Person 1
Person 2
Promptly repair or replace damaged lining and components.
Remove sediment that has accumulated to maintain capacity of the
channel.
Inlet structure
Vegetation shall be maintained and trees and brush controlled by chemical
or mechanical means. Control noxious weeds.
Keep machinery away from steep side slopes. Keep equipment operators
informed of all potential hazards.
Promptly repair or replace damaged components.
Inlet control
Exercise gate valve regularly.
device
Lubricate in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations.
Repair deteriorated concrete as soon as possible.
Exercise regularly.
Outlet
Lubricate in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations.
Promptly repair or replace damaged components.
Fill rills and gullies that occur on the embankment slopes and in the
vegetated spillway and reseed the filled areas.
When animal burrows are found, remove the burrowing animals, replace
embankment materials and reseed.
Maintain a vigorous sod in the emergency spillway and on embankment by
regular mowing and fertilization. Remove excess growth. Do not burn or
overgraze.
Embankment
Prevent trees and brush from growing on embankment slopes, crest, or toe.
Control tree and bush growth by hand cutting, mowing, or chemicals.
Avoid damaging grass with herbicide sprays.
Maintain a fencing to keep livestock of embankment, where applicable.
Operate mowing and other equipment on slopes in accordance with
machinery operation manual.
Fill rills and gullies that occur in the vegetated spillway and reseed the
filled areas.
Maintain a vigorous sod in the spillway by regular mowing and
fertilization. Remove excess growth. Do not burn or overgraze.
Do not graze livestock during establishment of vegetation and when soil
conditions are wet.
Protect spillway from damage by farm equipment and vehicles. Do not
use spillway as a road and practice care when crossing to prevent tillage
Spillway
marks or wheel tracks.
Prevent trees and brush from growing in the spillway. Control tree and
bush growth by hand cutting, mowing, or chemicals. Avoid damaging
grass with herbicide sprays.
Reestablish vegetative cover immediately where scour erosion has
removed established seeding.
Where there is rock lining, replace any dislodged rock and fill back to
grade if displacement or settlement occurs.
Staff gauges
Promptly repair or replace damaged components
Survey
Monuments
Promptly repair or replace damaged components
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