Synopses and full papers are available for review below. They are divided according to the planned conference programme sessions.

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Benefits and Social Impacts of Reservoirs	Back to top
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	The Benefit of Dams to Society Author(s): BINNIE View synopsis
	Follow up to the WCD Report - where has it gone? Author(s): BIRD View Synopsis
	Balancing the costs and benefits of dams: an environmental perspective Author(s): COLLIER View Synopsis
	Lake Hood - Creating Waves in the Community Author(s): LOVELL View Synopsis
	Political ecology of dams in Teesdale Author(s): MCCULLOCH View Synopsis

The use of new materials	Back to top
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	Downstream Slope Protection with Open Stone Asphalt Author(s): BIEBERSTEIN, LEGUIT, QUEISSER & SMITH View Synopsis
	Raising of the Ajaure embankment dam by extending the moraine core with a geomembrane Author(s): NILSSON & EKSTRÖM View Synopsis
	Design and Performance of Elvington Balancing and Settling Lagoons Author(s): ROBERTSHAW & MACDONALD View Synopsis
	Watertightness and safety of dams by geomembranes Author(s): SCUERO, & VASCHETTI View Synopsis
	Twenty five years experience using bituminous geomembranes as upstream waterproofing for structures Author(s): TURLEY & GAUTIER View Synopsis

Risk assessment and reservoir management	Back to top
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	Sri Lanka Dam Safety and Reservoir Conservation Programme Author(s): ATTEWILL, SPASIC GRIL & PENMAN View Synopsis
	Reliability principles for spillway gates and bottom outlets Author(s): BALLARD & LEWIN View Synopsis
	FMECA of the Ajaure Dam - A Methodology Study Author(s): BARTSCH View Synopsis
	Agent-Based Dam Monitoring Author(s): BETTZIECHE View Synopsis
	Developments in management of reservoir safety in UK Author(s): BROWN & GOSDEN View Synopsis
	Use of expert opinion elicitation to quantify the internal erosion process in dams Author(s): BROWN & ASPINALL View Synopsis
	Development of a probabilistic methodology for slope stability and seismic assessments of embankment dams in the UK Author(s): EDDLESTON, BEEUWSAERT, TAYLOR & GARDINER View Synopsis
	Dam Accident Data Base DADB - The Web Based Data Collection of ICOLD Author(s): FRY, VOGEL, COURIVAUD & BLAIS View Synopsis
	Reservoir Management, Risk and Safety Considerations Author(s): HINKS & CHARLES View Synopsis
	Reservoirs Act 1975 - Progress on the implementation of the Environment Agency as Enforcement Authority Author(s): HOPE & HUGHES View Synopsis
	Portfolio Risk Assessment in the UK: A Perspective Author(s): HUGHES & GARDINER View Synopsis
	Ridracoli Dam: Surveillance and Safety Evaluation reported on Internet Page for Hydraulic, Static and Seismic Aspects Author(s): MARINI, BALDONI, FARINA, CORTEZZI & MASERA View Synopsis
	Comparison of some European guidelines for the seismic assessment of dams Author(s): REILLY View Synopsis
	Armenia Dam Safety Project Author(s): SAWYER & ATTEWILL View Synopsis
	Hydraulic and operational safety evaluation of some existing Portuguese large dams Author(s): SILVA, ROCHA AFONSO & MATOS ALMEIDA View Synopsis
	Condition assessment of Government-owned dams in Finland Author(s): VUOLA, KUUSINIEMI & MAIJALA View Synopsis

Flood impact and alleviation	Back to top
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	A passive flow-control device for the Banbury flood storage reservoir Author(s): ACKERS, HOLLINRAKE & HARDING View Synopsis
	Raciborz Flood Reservoir Author(s): ATTEWILL & FAGANELLO View Synopsis
	Weedon Flood Storage Scheme - the Biggest Hydro-Brake® in the World Author(s): BOAKES, STEPHENSON, LOWES, MORISON & USBORNE View Synopsis
	Integrating design with the environment to maximise benefits from a flood storage dam: successful implementation at Harbertonford Author(s): BRADLEY, JONES & MORISON View Synopsis
	Challenges on dam safety in a changed climate in Norway Author(s): MIDTTØMME View Synopsis
	European Research on Dambreak and Extreme Flood Processes Author(s): MORRIS & HASSAN View Synopsis

Instrumentation and monitoring of reservoir performance	Back to top
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	The Performance of Thika Dam, Kenya Author(s): BRUGGEMANN & GOSDEN View Synopsis
	Monitoring of dams in operation - a tool for emergencies and evaluation of long-term safety Author(s): KONOW View Synopsis
	Glacial risk and reservoir management: the Lago della Rossa reservoir example (Valli di Lanzo, Western Alps, Italy) Author(s): TAMBURINI, MORTARA, MERCALLI, & LUCIGNANI View Synopsis
	Long-term stress measurements in the clay cores of storage reservoirs Author(s): WATTS, KILBY & CHARLES View Synopsis
	Masjed-e-Soleiman Dam Instrumentation Author(s): WILLIAMS View Synopsis

Incidents and rehabilitation case histories	Back to top
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	Lessons from a dam incident Author(s): BRIDLE View Synopsis
	The Washburn Valley Reservoirs – Spillway Improvements Author(s): CLAYDON, KNOTT & CARTER View Synopsis
	Bewl Water Spillway Remedial Works Author(s): DAVISON & SHAVE View Synopsis
	The long term performance and remediation of a colloidal concrete dam Author(s): DEMPSTER & FINDLAY View Synopsis
	Ericht and Dalwhinnie Dam refurbishment and protection works Author(s): DEMPSTER, GASKIN, DOAKE & HAY-SMITH View Synopsis
	Wave Assessment on Loch Ericht Author(s): HAY-SMITH, ALLSOP & McCONNELL View Synopsis
	Challenges and Limits - The Feasibility of Underwater Rehabilitation Work Author(s): HEITEFUSS, KNY & MOSCHNER View Synopsis
	Some Problems at Small Dams in the United Kingdom Author(s): HINKS & WILLIAMS View Synopsis
	An Incident at Ogston Reservoir Author(s): HUGHES, KELHAM, LITTLEMORE & HARWOOD View Synopsis
	The Discontinuance of Devil’s Dingle Ash Lagoon Author(s): HUGHES & LITTLEMORE View Synopsis
	Detailed investigation of an old masonry dam Author(s): JAUP View Synopsis
	Papan dam studies and remedies Author(s): MAKINSON View Synopsis
	Rehabilitation design of Acciano rockfill dam after the September 1997 earthquake Author(s): MENGA, EUSEBIO, PELLEGRINI & PATACCA View Synopsis
	Walthamstow Reservoirs No. 4 & No. 5 Embankment Protection Author(s): PECK View Synopsis
	Comments on Failures of Small Dams in the Czech Republic During Historical Flood Events Author(s): RIHA View Synopsis
	Marmarik Dam Investigations and Remedial Works Author(s): SPASIC-GRIL & SAWYER View Synopsis
	An update on perfect filters Author(s): VAUGHAN & BRIDLE View Synopsis
	Remedial Drainage to Laggan and Blackwater Gravity Dams Author(s): WALLIS, MORISON & GUNSTENSEN View Synopsis
European Working Groups Back to top
In addition to the conference papers, the reports of various European Working Groups are included (free access). These will be discussed in a separate conference session on Saturday 26 June.
	Ageing of concrete in dams Author(s): FERNÁNDEZ-GAGO, MUNOZ, ABELLA & BARRIOS
	European Working Group for geomembranes and geosynthetics as facing materials Author(s): SCUERO & VASCHETTI
	Environmental education Author(s): MARINI
	European Working Group on guidelines for the seismic assessment of dams Author(s): REILLY
	Sliding Safety of Existing Gravity Dams - Final Report Author(s): RUGGERI