In the early hours of December 14, 2005, high atop Proffit Mountain in the Missouri Ozarks, a triangular section on the northwest side of the Taum Sauk Dam Upper Reservoir failed, discharging 1 ...

On Dec. 14, 2005, a pump failed at Ameren UE's Taum Sauk upper reservoir, sending more than a billion gallons of water rushing into Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park.

Trucker Greg Coleman was hauling a load of zinc when a wall of water emerged from the darkness and slammed into his truck near the Taum Sauk Lake Hydroelectric Plant. "I had no idea where it was ...

AmerenUE said its Taum Sauk hydroelectric ... regulators showed the failure of the upper reservoir was triggered when water flowed over the top and eroded the rock-fill dam. Water-level sensors ...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO - The failure of the Taum Sauk reservoir unleashed a torrent of water last year and seemed certain to result in greater state oversight of dams. But legislation that would have ...

The dam at the Taum Sauk Reservoir had breached after a mechanical failure in the hydroelectric plant run by Ameren Missouri. More than a billion gallons of water poured out, carving up the ...

On Dec. 14, 2005, a massive wall of water poured down Profit Mountain as a 700-foot section of the Taum Sauk Dam gave way, pouring water into Johnson’s Shut-In State Park. Fortunately ...

The report was written by dam safety consultant Paul C ... to ensure they understand warning signs of plant failure. "The Taum Sauk breach has caused a great deal of soul-searching at ...

The Taum Sauk reservoir housed a mountaintop hydroelectric plant in southeast Missouri until the dam burst in December 2005, spilling more than one billion gallons of water. No one was killed ...

A water storage reservoir at the dam in Reynolds ... storage facility. "Failure to resolve the state's claims in a timely fashion will delay rebuilding of the Taum Sauk facility," Ameren said ...