Measurements With Merit: Evolving Data Collection to Enable Integrated Decision-making

Ensuring dam safety is a critical issue, and information is paramount to preventing failures. But at dams across the country, the way data is being collected and stored is disparate, resulting in confusion. Cory Bolen, Geographic Information Systems Manager, shares how we’ve reimagined data collection to inform proactive decision making by amassing great amounts of data into a digital platform that allows for easier access, analysis and management of the most critical information.