The British Dam Society
Caring for dams, people and the environment
12th - 15th September 2012 

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Back to topLegislation and Policy


1.1 Reservoir Safety - What do we mean?
Author(s): Scott

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1.2 Proposed reservoir safety legislation for Northern Ireland
Author(s): Porter

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1.3 Statutory reservoirs - matters of opinion
Author(s): Warren, Morrison, Lewis & Rundle

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1.4 Potential changes to hazard categorisation and inflow design floods for reservoirs in the United Kingdom
Author(s): Vyse

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1.5 Implementing Severn Trent Waters People Plan to become the best in Great Britain
Author(s): Hope

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Back to topGeotechnical


2.1 Monitoring embankment performance during the raising of Abberton Reservoir
Author(s): Hird, Morris & Carter

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2.2. Some Aspects of Embankment Dams Constructed on the Mercia Mudstone
Author(s): Blower & Jarvis

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2.3 Gleann Astaile Dam - Design and Construction of a Geomembrane Lined Embankment Dam
Author(s): Hill & Carter

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2.4 Recent Improvements in Predicting Breach through Flood Embankments
Author(s): Morris, Hassan & van Damme

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2.5 Behaviuor of Embankment Dams in Earthquakes
Author(s): Hinks, Spasic-Gril & Palmer

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2.6 Numerical Analysis of the Seismic Response of La Villita Dam in Mexico
Author(s): Pelecanos, Kontoe & Zdravkovic

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2.7 Applying Available Internal Erosion Criteria to Dams with Cores of Glacial Till - A Reassessment of a 1980s Sinkhole
Author(s): Rönnqvist

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2.8 Thermal Deformation of Concrete Dams - Justification, Clarification and Improvement of Statistical Analysis
Author(s): Tatin, Briffaut, Dufour, Simon, Fabre & Rousset

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Back to topRisk


3.1 Reservoir Safety Risk Assessment - A New Guide
Author(s): Morris, Wallis, Brown, Bowles, Gosden, Hughes, Topple, Sayers & Gardiner

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3.2 Observations on the Boundary Between High and Lower Risk Reservoirs
Author(s): Brown, Gosden & Gotch

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3.3 Flood Contingency Planning During Construction on Reservoir Embankments
Author(s): Roberts, Lowe, Francis & Patel

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3.4 Pebley Reservoir (Derbyshire) Emergency Drawdown Exercise
Author(s): Windsor

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3.5 Exploring the Potential Use of a Risk-Based Approach to Assessing the Geotechnical Well-Being of the Slopes of Old Embankment Dams
Author(s): Eddleston

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3.6 A Pragmatic Approach to Portfolio Risk Assessment at Severn Trent Water
Author(s): Chesterton, Hill, Hope & Airey

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3.7 A Guide to the Effects of Climate Change in Dams
Author(s): Hughes & Hunt

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3.8 The Effect of Selected Climate Change Scenarios on Engineering Risk Associated with Slope Stability of Embankment Dams
Author(s): Preziosi & Micic

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3.9 Current European Research Relevant to Reservoir Safety The FloodProBE and UrbanFlood Projects
Author(s): Morris, Goff & Simm

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Back to topConstruction 1


4.1 Tackling the Thorny Issue of Spillway Capacity in Yorkshire
Author(s): Booth, Deuchar & Hughes

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4.2 The Reservoirs of the Holme Valley
Author(s): Robson

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4.3 Physical Testing of a Stepped Masonry Spillway
Author(s): Down & Wearing

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4.4 Precast Concrete in Reservoir Engineering
Author(s): Robson & Bull

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4.5 Braid Burn Flood Storage Reservoirs
Author(s): Gowans, Dougall & Davies

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4.6 Discontinuance of Small Reservoirs
Author(s): Claydon

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Back to topEnvironmental


5.1 Environment Integral to Flood Detention Dams on the River Mole
Author(s): Jennings, Burt & Brown

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5.2 Mill Beck - A Lesson in Reservoir Safety Works Aligned with Public Engagement and a Participatory Design Process
Author(s): Peters, Crawford, Kelham & Claydon

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5.3 The Discontinuance of Baystone Bank Reservoir and Restoration of Whicham Beck
Author(s): Bailes, Bradley, Sanders & Mulligan

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5.4 Grouting of Badger Setts in a Flood Storage Reservoir Embankment
Author(s): Bruggemann

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5.5 Environmental and social impacts of dams in India
Author(s): Williams & Drabu

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5.6 Beavers and the Crinan Canal Reservoirs
Author(s): Brown

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5.7 The Impact of the “New FEH” Depth-Duration Frequency Curves on Extreme Floods for the Nant-y-Moch
Author(s): Winter, Mason & Stewart

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Back to topConstruction 2


6.1 The Hull Tidal Surge Barrier Refurbishment Project
Author(s): Newton & Griffiths

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6.2 Physical and CFD Modelling of a Labyrinth Spillway for Penwhirn Reservoir
Author(s): Ackers, Bennett, Karunaratne, MacCarthy & Thornton

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6.3 Coldwell Lower Reservoir - Weighted Filter, Wave Wall and Overflow Improvements
Author(s): Eddleston, Carter, Cuffwright, McCormick, Kavanagh & Scholefield

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6.4 The Design and Construction of Kargu Dam
Author(s): Hill, Sheehy & Carter

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6.5 The Design and Construction of Banbury Flood Storage Reservoir
Author(s): Ackers, Hopkins, Caulfield & Harding

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6.6 Improving Anglian Water’s Emergency Response for Reservoir Safety
Author(s): Tam & Humphrey

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Back to topIncidents


7.1 Remedial grouting works at Upper Rivington Reservoir
Author(s): Rigby & Gardiner

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7.2 Recent Incidents at Canal Reservoirs
Author(s): Brown

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7.3 Remedial Works at Sunderton Pool
Author(s): Acford, Goff, Lewis & Warren

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7.4 Restoring Storage Capacity at Roseau Reservoir Following Hurricane Tomas
Author(s): Yeoh

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