 They simply don't have the budgets to accommodate this kind of a project. And what about the money coming in for solutions? Is there a pipeline to help update these dams to current standards? Luckily, Congress has allocated about $3 billion for dam projects. Congress people hope that this new pile of money is going to help push these forward because obviously there's no better time than now to start working on this. It's clear that these dams are posing a problem