NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — Ask Larry Johnson about May 14th, 2019 and he will take you back.

“I remember it so clearly," he says.

The video is hard to forget. Cameras caught the exact moment the Lake Dunlap Dam broke.

The dam broke two miles upstream from Johnson’s home.

“It was everything was brown and scorched it was a war zone," Johnson remembers.

Behind Johnson's home, what used to be the bottom of the lake now looks like a yard.

Within hours of the dam's failure, Lake Dunlap's water level dropped around 7 feet.

“Right now, we would be 8 feet underwater," he says as we stand below his boat ramp and look up to his diving board.

The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority in Texas blamed the 90-year-old dam's aging steel for the failure that luckily didn't kill anyone.

Johnson says he knew with the dam's age it was at risk of failing, but still couldn't believe It actually happened.

"I mean, who would?” Johnson asks.

The Lake Dunlap dam's failure is one of roughly 40 that have happened in the past decade according to U.S. Society on Dams' President and civil engineer, Del Shannon.

“It’s distressing. We have the ability to fix these things and a limited amount of resources to do that," Shannon says.

Shannon says the average age of America's 91,000 dams is 60 years old, as the dams get older they require more upkeep. 

Shannon graded our nation’s dams for the American Society of Civil Engineers' Infrastructure Report card. It comes out every four years.

While he says most of the dams that have failed were small, cases like what happened in Michigan in 2020 when two dams failed and wiped out 150 homes is why he gave our nation's dams a "D."

"I gave them a D because I’m a pretty harsh grader for one, but I don’t think any dam should fail," Shannon says.

About $3 billion of the bipartisan infrastructure law is going to dam-related projects in hopes of changing that. He says that’s a start, but more money is needed.

It will take more than $75 billion to refurbish the more than 88,000 non-federal dams across the country according to the Association of State Dam Safety Officials.

“That’s the problem with the whole infrastructure challenge. Is that until something like this happens it’s just not real," Johnson says.

Today, construction is underway on a new dam on Lake Dunlap.

Johnson says Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to pay for the project so, he and his neighbors formed the Lake Dunlap Water Control and Improvement District, a government entity, that has the power to raise taxes with voter approval.

Voters in the district supported raising property taxes to pay the $40 million to pay for the new dam.

“None of us would accept no for an answer," Johnson said about finding a way to rebuild the dam.

Johnson expects the dam to be in operation summer of 2023.

When it does his water will rise to where it was three years ago and for the life that comes with it to return for years to come.

“I think it’s going to be like what it was where your grandkids startup at the back door and gallop all the way down and leap into the water," Johnson says.

CINCINNATI — As umbrellas and tents go up for the Kroger Wellness Experience at The Banks, a multi-day festival celebrating healthy habits and food, the potential for traffic issues downtown grows as well.

“This is our third year doing it,” Brian Endicott with Meyer Natural Food said Thursday. “It’s extremely stressful and difficult, but in the end it all comes together and turns out great.”

A creative strategist for Laura’s Lean Beef, Endicott and his team plan to pass out close to 6,000 taco samples at this weekend’s event, which is all about helping people find ways to live a healthier life.

“We know there’s several other concerts going on in the area, a couple of Reds games going on,” he said. “So we’re really hoping that we’ll end up with a large turnout.”

But that large amount of people could turn out to be a headache for some drivers. Several access roads to The Banks will be closed by performance stages and streets lined with vendors. That’s on top of several major construction projects downtown and bridges that are closed for maintenance.

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“It’s a little hectic,” downtown resident David Purtell said. “I mean, honestly, it makes it a little bit harder to get back from work and the gym and everything else, so it’s a little frustrating at times especially like during Reds games and they block off the street. So it’s frustrating, but I am excited to see the area growing.”

Kroger spokesperson Jenifer Moore said people planning to attend the festival should plan ahead.

“There’ll be a lot of activities happening,” she said. “So, if you want to, you know you can always drive down. There’ll be ample parking.”

She said all the parking garages should be open, but delays should be expected as people try to navigate street closures.

“We’ll have a number of entertainment options for the whole family to enjoy,” Moore said of the health and wellness fair. “There will be free concerts each day beginning at 4 o’clock, so there’s a lot of excitement building for this. Our goal, like I said before, is to really connect the food with medicine so that everyone can see the importance of being healthy and being safe.”