Echo Dam dewatering contract awarded The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $1.3 million contract for foundation dewatering work at Echo Dam in Utah to Foothill Engineering & Dewatering Inc. of Corona, Calif. Echo Dam is a 158-foot-high zoned eafthfill structure on the Weber River in Summit County. Part of the Weber River Project, Echo Dam was completed in 1931 to help supply supplemental irrigation water to about 109,000 acres of land west of the Wasatch Mountains. Echo Dam is operated by the Weber River Water Users Association. Foundation dewatering immediately downstream of the dam is necessary to facilitate seismic retrofit work to be done under Reclamation's Safety of Dams Program, which ensures dams are inspected for safety deficiencies and corrective actions are implemented if necessary.
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