Seepage Through Earth Dams: Agenda

This course will be held in St. Louis, MO. All times listed below are Central Time.

Check-in from 7:30 am – 8:00 am
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Topics Included Today:
- Introduction
- Seepage and Embankment Dams
- Permeability and Erodibility
- Exercise No. 1
- Exercise No. 1 – Solution & Review
- Seepage Analysis – Part I & II
- Heave, Blowout, and Critical Gradients
- Seepage Detection and Monitoring
- Exercise No. 2 – Seepage Analysis
Approximate lunch break from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm. A few other short breaks will be provided during the day.

8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Topics Included Today:
- Exercise No. 2 – Solution & Review
- Seepage Control Methods – Part I
- Seepage Control Design – Filters and Drains
- Exercise No. 3 – Filter Design
- Exercise No. 3 – Solution & Review
- Seepage Control Methods – Part II
- Case Studies and Examples
- Exercise No. 4 – Seepage Remediation Design
- Exercise No. 4 - Review Actual Remediation
- Course Wrap-Up and Final Questions
Approximate lunch break from 11:45 pm – 12:45 pm. A few other short breaks will be provided during the day.

8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Optional Computing Session – Hands-On Session Working with SEEP/W to Analyze Embankment Examples
- SEEP/W Operational Fundamentals
- Example Problem(s)