What is BDS?
The British Dam Society (BDS) is an Associated Society of the Institution of Civil Engineers. It consists of individual and corporate members. It is open to anyone wanting to share experience or knowledge of all aspects of dams and reservoirs.
BDS News
ICOLD
Updates
The bulletins approved in New Delhi (Bulletin 199 to Bulletin 206) have been put in ‘preprint’ version on the website (in the Publication section). To download these bulletins, please go to the publication page of the ICOLD website here https://www.icold-cigb.org/GB/publications/bulletins.asp
28th ICOLD Congress and 93rd Annual Meeting - Chengdu, China, 15th to 23rd May 2025
The date to for submissions has been extended to 31 January 2025.
Earthworks 2025
The Earthworks Conference 2025 is being held at the University of Birmingham between the 16th and 17th September 2025. Abstract submission is now open, with a variety of themes available for discussion, more information can be found here.
BDS Young Professionals
Nominations for YP committee positions can also be made until the 14th December 2024, please put every effort into completing your nominations before this date with elections taking place at the 2025 AGM being held on the 28th April. For those still to make their nominations, they can be made under the following link: Expression of Interest for YP Chair and YP Committee roles.
31st European Working Group on Internal Erosion and 6th on Overtopping and Erosion
The 31st EWG on IE and the 6th EWG on OOE will be taking place at the University of Brno between 23rd and 28th June 2025. Now is the time to start preparing your abstracts with more details to come soon.
EA Reservoir safety post-incident annual reports
The EA has released the Post Incident reporting for reservoirs 2023. The report can be found here.
Events
BDS Event:- Overflow and outlet screens. Plus Bwlch Nant yr Arian Reservoir Improvement Works
Date: 13 January 2025
18:00 - 19:30
Location: ICE, One Great George Street, Godfrey Mitchell Theatre
BDS Event:- Understanding the Reservoir Safety Risks of Non-Statutory Reservoirs, Leakage Remediation at a Small Heritage Reservoir, Leakage Remediation at the Hampton Distributing Reservoir
Date: 3 March 2025
18:00 - 19:30
Location: ICE, One Great George Street, Godfrey Mitchell Theatre
BDS Event:- AGM + Evening Meeting
Date: 28 April 2025
18:00 - 19:30
Location: ICE, One Great George Street, Godfrey Mitchell Theatre
31st EWG-IE meeting (European Club Working Group on Internal Erosion in Embankment Dams, Dikes and Levees and their Foundation) and 6th EWG-OOE meeting (European Club Working Group on Overflow and Overtopping Erosion)
Date: 23 - 28 June 2025
Location: Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czechia