The Tennessee Valley Authority's dam safety team is celebrating the performance of Nolichucky Dam, though leaders say the ...
TVA does not control flooding on the Nolichucky River until it empties into Douglas Lake. The Nolichucky Dam is a "run-of-the-river" dam, meaning it does not provide water storage to control flooding.
An estimated $406 million in damage was avoided during Hurricane Helene because of flood mitigation strategies, according to ...
Without TVA’s system of dams, the river stages at Lenoir City and Chattanooga would have been about 21 to 23 feet higher than ...