Critics warn that Trump’s employees in federal agencies that oversee American dams can endanger public safety.

The workforce discounts in the Trump administration in the federal agencies that oversee American dams threaten their ability to provide reliable electricity, provide farmers with water, protect societies from floods, employees and industry experts.

The Agency Water and Energy Reclamation Office provides the public in 17 western states. The administration official said that nearly 400 workers in the agency had been reduced through the Trump discount plan.

The “Discounts in Power” notes have also been sent to the existing workers, and more workers are expected to climb. The workers’ cuts at the Grand Coulee Dam included the largest hydroelectric generator in North America, according to employees of two employees that the Associated Press met.

“Without dam operators, there is a serious possibility of increasing risks to public safety and economic or environmental damage,” said Laurie Sprgins, Executive Director of Dams Safety Association.

White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said that federal workforce discounts will ensure that disaster responses are not stumbled from bureaucracy and luxury.

“The most efficient workforce means reaching resources for all Americans in a timely manner,” she said via e -mail.

But the hydro scientist in the office said they need people in the job to ensure that the dams are working properly.

“These are complicated systems,” said the worker in the Middle West, who is still working but spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of possible revenge.

Workers maintain dams by monitoring data, identifying weaknesses and carrying out site exams to verify cracks and leaks.

The worker added: “While we are scrambled to obtain these offers, because we lose institutional knowledge from people who leave or early retirement, we limit our ability to ensure public safety.” “The presence of people available to respond to operating emergency situations is very important. Employees’ discounts threaten our ability to do so effectively.”

Federal judge on ThursdayThe administration ordered the rehabilitation of test workersBut Trump’s spokesman said they would resist, leaving is unclear whether any will return.

California’s 14 water and energy agencies have sent a message to the Reclamation Office and the Ministry of Interior last month who warn that eliminating workers “specialized knowledge” in operating and maintaining an aging infrastructure “can negatively affect our water delivery system and threaten public health and safety.”

The American Army Engineers Corps also run dams in the country. Matt Rap, a spokesman, refused to determine the number of remaining workersThrough early acquisitionsBut he said that the agency was not informed by reducing its working power.

But Neil Muno, Executive Director of the Northern Western Pacific Association, said that he learned that more than 150 army weapons workers in Portland, Oregon, were told that they would be terminated and expected to lose about 600 in the northwest of the Pacific.

He said that the shooting includes “the heads of provinces to the operators on the ships” and the people interested in the navigation of the safe river.

Their last day is unknown. Muno said that the Legion was informed of the presentation of a plan to the United States Personnel Management Office by March 14.

Several other federal agencies have also faced securely operational damage to damage and closure. National Oceanic and Attrads Administration10 % demobilizationThe workforce and the National Dams Review Council of the National Agency of the Federal Emergency Agency were dissolved in January.

The cuts come at a time when the nation’s dams need expert’s attention.

andAP reviewLast year, the Army Corps Data showed at least 4000 dams in bad or unsatisfactory condition and people can kill or harm the environment if they fail. It requires inspections, maintenance and emergency repairs to avoid disasters,I found AP.

Heavy rainsThe corridor was damagedIn the Orofille Dam in California in 2017, forcing nearly 190,000 people to evacuate, and MichiganAdenfelle DamIt was violated in the storms in 2020, and found AP.

It is among the dozens of workers that were initially terminated. The dam is generated throughout the Colombia River in Washington Central State of Electricity for millions of houses and supplies water to a 27 -mile tank (43 km) that tells the Colombia Basin Project.

“This is a great infrastructure,” she said. “It will take a lot of people to run it.”

Some of the employees who shot there had been working there for decades, but they were in testing due to the key to the position. Duclos was an assistant for program managers who organized training and was to contact human resources. The only person who does this job, fears how others will cover work.

She said, “You will get the exhaustion of the employee” in the workers who left behind.

“The safety and effectiveness of our dams is a priority for national security,” said Senator Alex Badilla, a Democrat in California, who paid an effort from the two parties to ensure that the National Dam Salama program has authorized it until 2028.

“The Americans deserve the best, and I will work to ensure that this administration is responsible for their reckless actions,” said Badilla.

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