Plant Crisp Ccw Impoundment Dam is an earth dam located in Worth County, Georgia. It carries a Undetermined hazard potential classification.
About Plant Crisp Ccw Impoundment Dam
The primary purpose of Plant Crisp Ccw Impoundment Dam is tailings. Tailings dams contain waste material from mining operations — typically a slurry of finely ground rock left over after valuable minerals have been extracted. These structures require ongoing monitoring because tailings can contain heavy metals and other contaminants. The dam is owned by Crisp County Power Commission (local government). It impounds the None near Warwick.
The dam stands 22 feet tall and stretches 2,222 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 6 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 181 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 6 square miles.