Theme 7 - Dam breach, emergency planning & emergency response

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

EWG Management of dam incidents – BDS Chair

EWG Overflowing and overtopping erosion – Mark Morris

• Guide to drawdown capacity for reservoir safety and emergency planning - Environment Agency (2017). Report SC130001.
• Design of reinforced grass waterways. Hewlett H W M, Boorman L A and Bramley M E (1987). Report 116. CIRIA London, 115pp.
• Reservoir dams: wave conditions, wave overtopping and slab protection. Yarde A J, Banyard L S and Allsop N W H (1996). HR Wallingford Report SR 459, 27pp.
• Lessons from incidents at dams and reservoirs - an engineering guide (SP167). Charles J A, Tedd P, Warren A L (2014). Report SP167. CIRIA London, 194pp.

Refer to the BDS bibliography for all reservoir-related technical papers

B124 - Reservoir Landslides: Investigation and Management ‐ Guidelines and Case Histories (2002)

B121 - Tailings Dams: Risk of Dangerous Occurrences ‐ Lessons Learnt from Practical Experiences (2001)

B111 - Dam Break flood analysis ‐ Review and recommendations (1998)

B099 - Dam Failures ‐ Statistical Analysis (1995)

• The Toddbrook Reservoir Incident and Response (2020)
• Emergency Response - Haldon Range Dam - Post Earthquake, New Zealand (2016)
• Lessons from incidents & geotechnical investigations at dams (2015)
• Waves and wave overtopping on reservoir structures (2010)
• Update on key reservoir safety initiatives (2009)
• Post-incident reporting - one year on (2008)
• Update on research supporting dambreak and flood risk management (2008)