HOUSTON (Feb. 28, 2020)—Alison Pieper, water control manager with the Galveston District Water Management Team and Byron Smith, civil engineer technician with the Houston Project Office inspect an operator on the new water control structures at Barker Dam. The new structures were placed into use on Feb. 14 as part of a multi-year, $75 million dam safety contract that will improve the robustness, redundancies and resiliency of both Addicks and Barker dams and reservoirs.