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The Biden-Harris Administration, through FEMA, announced today a $38,181,390 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant has been awarded to the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District (MVSD) to strengthen and improve the Mineral Ridge Dam. FEMA funds will be used to make upgrades and modifications to the structure—which holds the source of drinking water for more than 200,000 northeast Ohio residents—helping to ensure it can withstand the probable maximum flood levels from a 500-year storm.
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Take a coffee break with us! Tune in to learn about FEMA’s High Hazard Potential Dams (HHPD) Grant Program. This webinar will explore ways to assess risks in your community and how to meet the latest hazard mitigation planning requirements. It will also share effective outreach strategies.
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La administradora Deanne Criswell de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés), anunció hoy que la Administración Biden-Harris, a través de FEMA, destinará más de $211 millones en fondos como parte de la agenda del presidente Biden de Invertir en Estados Unidos, un componente clave de la Bidenomía, para mejorar los esfuerzos de seguridad de las represas en todo el país con el fin de garantizar que las comunidades cuenten con las infraestructuras críticas necesarias para protegerse frente a posibles desastres e inundaciones que puedan ocurrir en el futuro.
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FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell today announced the Biden-Harris Administration, through FEMA, will commit more than $211 million in funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda -- a key component of Bidenomics -- to enhance dam safety efforts across the nation to ensure that communities have the critical infrastructure needed to protect against future disasters and prevent against future flooding.
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National Dam Safety Awareness Day occurs on May 31 of each year in remembrance of the devastating failure of the South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1889.
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