Improvements in reservoir construction, operation and maintenance : proceedings of the 14th conference of the British Dam Society at the University of Durham from 6 to 9 September 2006

Content: Implementation and operation of UK reservoir legislation --
Reservoir safety : are things improving? / A. Hughes --
Development of the requirements for flood plans under the Reservoirs Act 1975 (as amended) / A J Brown and J D Gosden --
A new incident and reporting system for UK dams / A L Warren and I M Hope --
Reservoir hazard analysis and flood mapping for contingency planning / J C Ackers, R V Pether and F R Tarrant --
Impact of the controlled activities regulations on dam construction, maintenance and operation in Scotland / C W Berry and K M H Barr --
Hydraulics and hydrology --
Improved reservoir level assessment through the mathematical modelling of weir crest coefficients / P. Mason, K. Dempster and J. Powell --
Yuvacik Dam : improvements to dam operation utilizing an integrated atmospheric-hydrological model / T. Gezgin [and others] --
Water management at Dinorwig pumped-storage power station / M.I. Bailes and O.P. Williams --
Boscastle and North Cornwall floods, August 2004 : implications for dam engineers / R. Bettes and V. Bain --
Reconstruction of the Znojmo Dam : practical application of hydraulic research / V. Stara, M. Spano and J Sulc. Internal erosion --
Identifying leakage paths in earthen embankments / V Kofoed, J Montgomery and K Gardiner --
Is internal erosion detectable? / J Dornstadter [and others] --
Leakage investigations at Lower Carno Dam / A Rowland and A Powell --
Comparison of methods used to determine the probability of failure due to internal erosion in embankment dams / M. Eddleston and I.C. Carter --
In search of the perfect geotextile/geocomposite filter for retro-fitting old embankment dams / M. Eddleston [and others] --
Planning and design --
Wave surcharge on long narrow reservoirs : a reality check / A. Kirby and K. Dempster --
The Kielder Water Scheme : the last of its kind? / C.S. McCulloch --
Glendoe hydroelectric scheme, optimisation and dam selection / M. Seaton and J. Swayer --
Assiut Barrage, to rehabilitate or to rebuild / T.J.F. Hill --
Risk assessment and dam break analysis --
Preliminary feedback on the Interim Guide to Quantitative Risk Assessment for UK reservoirs, 2004 / A.J. Brown and J.D. Gosden --
Quantitative risk assessment in practice / J.D. Gosden and D. Dutton --
FLOODsite (integrated flood risk analysis and management methodologies) : research relevant to the dams industry? / M.W. Morris and P.G. Samuels --
Numerical tools for dam break risk assessment : validation and application to a larges complex of dams / B.J. Dewals [and others] --
Failure impact assessment of a mine site flood levee in Australia / R. Pether. Refurbishment, construction and maintenance --
Refurbishing and upgrading old spillway gate installations / J. Lewin, G.M. Ballard and P. To --
Investigation and rehabilitation of Chardara Dam spillway / J.H. Meldrum --
Application of modern grouting technology to remedial works on dams / A.K. Hughes and C.T. Kettle --
Emergency underwater rehabilitation of the Poti Main Diversion Weir, Georgia / L. Spasic-Gril --
Barrow Compensation Reservoir grouting works / A. Warren, C. Hunt and M. Atyeo --
Reservoir safety and refurbishment works at Severn Trent Water's Howden, Derwent and Linacre reservoirs / S.A. Robertson --
The management of siltation at Hillsborough Dam, Tobago / D.A. Bruggemann and J.D. Gosden --
Desiccation assessment in puddle clay cores / A. Kilby and A. Ridley --
The failure of the Mostiste embankment dam / J. Riha and J. Svancara --
Construction of three RCC dams forming part of the Ghatghar pumped storage project in India / V.C. Shelke [and others] --
Lightweight fill in dam remediation : a case study / K.M.H. Barr --
The influence of inspection and monitoring on the phased construction of the Barragem de Cerro do Lobo / M. Cambridge and M. Oliveira Toscano.