wanapum dam

The Grant County Public Utility District (Grant PUD) is asking for $5 million in federal funding to assist with the cost of upgrades that will make Priest Rapids Dam more resistant to earthquakes. The project, which will anchor the spillway at the dam more firmly into the bedrock its built upon, is expected to cost the utility between $38 million and $45 million...

The Grant County PUD is looking at bids to analyze a critical part of the Wanapum Dam. A recent inspection by independent consultants determined if there was erosion present inside the part known as the embankment, it could be cause potential failure. ...

The condition of a Grant PUD worker who was injured at the Wanapum Dam Tuesday is not known. The worker was taken to Kadlec Medical Center in the Tri-Cities after being injured while performing routine maintenance on a turbine. KPQ news partner i FIBER ONE reports the state of the worker's injury after a fall required they be airlifted to the hospital ...