Dams quietly run modern life. They manage our most vital resource — water — providing drinking supply, generating renewable power and holding back floods. In the United States alone the Army Corps of Engineers catalogues more than 90,000 of them. Yet you cannot manage a risk you cannot see, and many authorities lack a complete, current inventory of the structures they are responsible for.
Why dams are critical infrastructure
- Water security — a reliable supply for cities, agriculture and industry.
- Renewable energy — hydroelectric power that reduces reliance on fossil fuels.
- Flood mitigation — regulating flow to protect downstream communities.
- Economy & ecology — reservoirs that support recreation, tourism and local ecosystems.
An AI-built geospatial inventory
By extracting and characterising dam and water infrastructure from imagery, we help authorities build the geospatial inventory that underpins inspection scheduling, risk modelling and long-term asset management — turning a scattered, ageing record into a single current picture of what exists and where.
