Jackson Summit
Dam Rehabilitation

In 1997 a new spillway for the Jackson Summit Reservoir Dam, the City of Gloversville’s water supply reservoir, was constructed and within 5 years of its construction it became evident that seepage was occurring under and around its ogee weir, training walls and outlet channel.  The seepage caused the soils beneath the spillway’s channel to erode and undermine the channel. Without support, the channel slab cracked and settled. C.T. Male was retained by the Board of Water Commissioners to prepare plans and specifications for the spillway’s repair.

As the dam’s original design and construction led to the seepage problems and potential failure of the dam, C.T. Male was retained to provide expert witness testimony for the City of Gloversville.  This testimony led to the recovery of a substantial amount of money spent in repairing the spillway.

In 2012, C.T. Male completed an Engineering Assessment of the dam as required by NYSDEC.  The assessment included a Safety Inspection of the dam and its appurtenant works, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling of the reservoir and spillways, and geotechnical and structural stability analysis of the dam’s earthen embankments and concrete spillways. 

In 2021, C.T. Male was again retained by the City of Gloversville to initiate design, permitting, bidding and construction phase services for reconstruction of the concrete spillway. The work includes widening of the spillway, installation of an underdrain, reappointing of concrete and removal of trees on the embankment.