Bureau of Reclamation
Hoover, Parker and Davis Dams
ISS designs, installs and commissions fully integrated physical and Electronic Security System for Nation’s most famous dams.
The sites:
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. This dam, located southeast of Las Vegas at the Nevada-Arizona border, was named after former President of the United States, Herbert Hoover. When constructed, Hoover Dam was both the world’s largest hydroelectric power generating station and the world’s largest concrete structure. It is now the world’s 38th-largest hydroelectric generating station.
Like Hoover Dam, Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam that crosses the Colorado River, downstream of Hoover Dam. The dam’s primary functions are to create a reservoir, called Lake Havasu, and to generate hydroelectric power. The dam straddles the border between California and Arizona.
Davis Dam is also on the Colorado River, downstream from Hoover Dam. It stretches across the border between Arizona and Nevada, and is a zoned earth fill dam with a concrete spillway. Davis dam was named after Arthur Powell Davis, who was the director of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1914 to 1932.
Dams in general, and Hoover Dam in particular, present some unique security challenges due to their historic value, climate and combined functions of power generation and tourism, which puts these critical infrastructures at a higher threat risk. Hoover Dam also functions as the head-end for monitoring the security systems at Parker and Davis Dams.
