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Taum Sauk Dam Failure

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The Taum Sauk Dam (as it looks today) is a pumped storage facility that uses excess electrical capacity to push water into its reservoir for later release during high demand periods.

In 2005, water overtopped the dam and undermined the original rock-fill walls of the dam.

This led to a massive collapse and a deluge of water that flooded down the mountainside.

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