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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.

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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:- TBC

Date: 13 January 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

28th ICOLD Congress and 93rd Annual Meeting

Date: 15 - 23 May 2025

Location: Chengdu, China

EWG-IE and EWG-OOE next annual meetings at Brno University

Date: 25 - 28 June 2025

Location: Czech republic.

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