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Coming Soon:
-Post-Tension Anchor Database
-Labyrinth Spillways
2015 South Carolina Floods
New Papers, Reports
In the News
- April 23, 1977: A Formal Start to Dam Safety in the U.S. – A Memorandum From the President
- Oroville Dam - An Interview with Martin McCann
February 27, 2017
NPR’s Eric Westervelt talks with Martin McCann, director and founder of Stanford University’s National Performance of Dams Program, about Oroville and the lessons its failure might teach. More here - Hydro News - Oroville Dam Edition
- Oroville Dam Incident - Timeline of Events
- McCann Appointed as Chairperson for COGGE
September 1, 2016
Partners/Newsletters
Hydro News
Provided by Ron Corso
Schnabel Engineering Waterwire Newsletter
Upcoming Events
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U. S. Society on Dams Annual Conference April 3-7, 2017 Anaheim, CA 
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Association of State Dam Safety Officials Annual Conference San Antonio, TX September 10-14, 2017 
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85th ICOLD Annual Meeting & Symposium 3 - 7 July 2017, in Prague, Czech Republic 
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Perspectives
Dams as Systems
A common view of a dam is to think of the major water retention structure(s) (the dam) that was built to create the reservoir. However, it is more realistic to view the dam as a system; a system of structures (natural and man-made), the reservoir and its boundaries, mechanical and electrical components, and operators. More importantly, the successful performance of a dam system depends on the aggregate satisfactory performance of the system that prevents a failure and uncontrolled release of the reservoir.
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