Sunday, May 18, 2008

1. Intro - 1.1 Context / Description

1. Introduction

1.1 Context / Description

Dam safety issue always cannot be negligible as it is directly related vital consequences when dams fail. Also, dam is a crucial part of the nation’s infrastructure and provides much benefit including water supply, electricity generation, flood control, and recreation. Here, on this webpage, current dam safety issues are informatively addressed. In addition to that, problems, efforts, and possible solutions regarding dam safety are provided.

- Address a well-organized and informative information regarding dam safety guideline in California
- Provide some case histories of partial or full failure of dams and their effects in California
- Describe some promising solutions to be useful for citizens, policy-makers and professionals

In order to understand a dam safety issue, firstly federal dam safety guidelines that are currently applied are summarized with its history. And then, past dam failure and remediation case histories are provided with abundant references and data. Finally, current efforts underway are introduced and also, solutions being considered are suggested in very detail.

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