Low-head dam removal provides safety for Hoosiers spending time outdoors and also bolsters wildlife habitat along Indiana waterways, especially for fish, according to Jerry Sweeten, ...

“Low-head dams are extremely difficult to train for because you don’t want to, you can’t put your personnel into the dam,” said Brian Enterline, the fire chief in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Low-head dam removal provides safety for Hoosiers spending time outdoors and also bolsters wildlife habitat along Indiana waterways, especially for fish, according to Jerry Sweeten, ...

So low-head dams are man-made, manufactured structures, designed so that water flows continuously over the top from bank to bank of the river. And they usually have a 1 ft to 15 ft drop off.

There are 369 low head dams in Connecticut, according to the largest existing formal catalog of low head dams across the nation that was reviewed by our national investigative team.