The Environment Agency Reservoir Safety Team has supplied the attached document to provide a brief update on the following joint Defra / EA Reservoir Safety R&D projects:

Recently Completed Research

• Risk Assessment for Reservoirs
• Lessons Learned from Dam Incidents
• Modes of Dam Failure and Monitoring and Measurement Techniques

On-going Research

• Guidance on Reservoir Conduits
• Investigating the Structural Safety of Cracked Concrete Dams
• Determining the Optimum Hydraulic Capacity of Low-Level Outlets for Reservoirs

Research due for Commencement

• Guidance on the Design of Flood Storage Reservoirs
• The Performance of Grass and Soil in Resisting Erosion

The full document is available here.