National Dam Safety Program. Star Lake Upper Dam (NJ00221), Delaware River Basin, Tributary to Pequannock River, Passaic County, New Jersey. Phase I Inspection Report.
Abstract
Based on visual inspection, available records, calculations and past operational performance, Star Lake Upper Dam, a high hazard potential structure, is judged to be in good overall condition. The dam's spillway is considered inadequate because a flow equivalent to 15 percent of the Spillway Design Flood - SDF - would cause dam to be overtopped. (The SDF, in this instance, is one half of the Probable Maximum Flood). The decision to consider the spillway 'inadequate' instead of 'seriously inadequate' is based on the determination that dam failure resulting from overtopping would not significantly increase the hazard of loss of life downstream from the dam from that which would exist just before overtopping failure.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA087536
Entities
People
- Warren A. Guinan
Organizations
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection