Theme 4 - Operations, monitoring and surveillance

Reservoir safety research advisory group (ReSRAG)

Research Theme: Operations, monitoring and surveillance

ReSRAG Theme Lead: Newman Booth; Support: Ian Scholefield

Relevant ICOLD committees and UK representatives	Committee D: Concrete Dams – Malcolm Dunstan Committee E: Embankment Dams – Rod Bridle / Alan Brown Committee H: Dam Safety – Andy Hughes Committee L: Tailings Dams and Waste Lagoons – Rafael Monroy Committee LE: Levees – Jonathan Simm Committee M: Operation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Dams – Craig Goff Committee Q: Dam Surveillance – Ian Hope
Key UK guidance documents	Reservoir discharges: consents, permits and risk assessments – Environment Agency (2018) https://www.gov.uk/guidance/reservoir-discharges-consents-permits-and-risk-assessments Reservoir Management. Edited by A. Pepper. Institution of Civil Engineers (2019). ICE, 331pp.
UK papers	Refer to the BDS bibliography for all reservoir-related technical papers
Key ICOLD bulletins	B180 - Dam Surveillance - Lessons learnt from case histories (pre-print) B175 - Dam Safety Management: Pre- operational Phases of the Dam Life Cycle (pre-print) B168 - Recommendations for Operation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation (2017) B158 - Dam Surveillance Guide (2018) B157 - Small Dams: Design, Surveillance and Rehabilitation (2016) B154 - Dam Safety Management: Operational Phase of the Dam Life Cycle (2017) B139 - Improving Tailings Dam Safety ‐ Critical Aspects of Management, Design, Operation and Closure (2011) B138 - General Approach to Dam Surveillance (2009) B119 - Rehabilitation of Dams and Appurtenant Works ‐ State‐of‐the‐Art and Case Histories (2000) B118 - Automated Dam Monitoring Systems ‐ Guidelines and Case Histories (2000) B104 - Monitoring of Tailings Dams ‐ Review and Recommendations (1996) B093 - Ageing of dams and appurtenant works (1994) B087 - Improvement of existing dam monitoring ‐ Recommendations and case histories (1992) B068 - Monitoring of dams and their foundations ‐ State of the art (1988) B066 - Dam monitoring ‐ General considerations (1988) B021 - General considerations applicable to instrumentation for earth and rockfill dams (1969)
Relevant BDS evening meetings	BDS Webinar Session 3 - Now for something completely different (2020) Managing Reservoirs: A Client's Perspective (2017) Real-time monitoring of a remote Welsh dam (2016)
Current UK research	To be completed
Recent and current international research	To be completed
Key international publications and guides	For additional references, refer to ICOLD bulletins