Failure of a Drainage System within the Core of a Federal Levee: An Evaluation of Repair Alternatives

Dam Breaching: The Rest of the Story
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is evaluating the possibility of breaching four dams on the lower Snake River to improve salmon migration. Because significant infrastructure modifications...

Rock Grouting: Contemporary Concepts in Materials, Methods, and Verification

The Columbia River Littoral Cell: A Sediment Budget Overview

Stepwise Flood Routing for Gated Reservoirs and Conjunctive Optimization of Hydroelectricity Income with Flood Losses
A six-stage operation policy for routing of flood hydrographs of return periods from 1.01 year up to the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) for dams having gated spillways is suggested. The...

Catastrophic Risk Financing and Multi-Hazard Study for BC Hydro

Instrumentation of Embankment Dams and Levees
Technical Engineering and Design Guides, as adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 26. Whether analyzing data to determine the competency...

Construction Control for Earth and Rockfill Dams
Technical Engineering and Design Guides, as adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 27 This manual provides critical guidance for constructors...

Quality and Construction Inspection— Heavy Civil Industry: Dams and Waterways

Traditional Engineering Takes a Turn for the Future Decommissioning Dams and Restoring Ecological Integrity
(No paper) This paper will address the emerging shift evaluating the true value of dams and the importance of including the costs of the initial construction and investments required for...

Coordination of Drift Management at Bluestone Lake

Operation and Performance of Reservoir Release Improvements at 16 TVA Dams

Flood Control Effects of Hwachon Dam in Connection with Peace Dam

Risk-Based Decision Making for Dam Safety

Achieving Public Protection with Dam Safety Risk Assessment Practices

A Systems Approach to the Optimal Safety Level of Connecting Water Barriers in a Sea-Lake Environment. Case Study: The Afsluitdijk Dam, The Netherlands

Session II: Dam Safety and Risk of Extreme and Catastrophic Events

Alternative Water Supplies Reduce Threat to Lake Chapala

Plunge Pool Recirculation at Dam Toes

First-Year Selective Withdrawal Performance of the Shasta Dam Temperature Control Device

 

 

 

 

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