Collaborative Management of Integrated Watersheds

California’s Levee Evaluations Program (Mike Inamine, California Department of Water Resources; Sujan Punyamurthula, URS Corporation; Hamid Bonakdar and Steve Mahnke, California Department of Water Resources; Richard Millet, URS Corporation; and Pat Dell, Neil O. Anderson & Associates, Inc.)

Improving Levee Certification by Managing Geotechnical Data with an Enterprise Geographic Information System (B. Fritze and M. Glorioso, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc)

Bringing Focus to Safety, Security, and Resiliency Issues for Levees (Herb Nakasone, Levee Sub-Sector Coordinating Council; Lyman Shaffer, SRA International; Enrique E. Matheu, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and Elizabeth Hocking, Argonne National Laboratory)

Assessing Levee System Performance Using Existing and Future Risk Analysis Tools (Michael K. Deering and Christopher N. Dunn, Corps of Engineers)

Geotechnical Aspects of Levee Reliability Assessment (Gregory R. Fischer and Hollie L. Ellis, Shannon & Wilson, Inc.; and Jeanne Stypula, King County, Washington)

Levee Erosion Screening Process (Wilbur Huang, Richard Millet, Scott Shewbridge, Juan Perri and Juan Vargas, URS Corporation; and Mike Inamine and Steve Mahnke, California Department of Water Resources)

Geotechnical Evaluation of California’s Central Valley Urban Levees (Richard Millet and Juan Vargas, URS Corporation; and Mike Inamine, California Department of Water Resources)

Using Integrated Document and GIS Databases for Geotechnical Levee Evaluation (Franz Campero, Nagesh Malyala, Nadira Kabir and Ben Brezing, URS Corporation)

Levee Subsurface Investigation Using Geophysics, Geomorphology, and Conventional Investigative Methods (Juan C. Sorensen and Khaled Chowdhury, URS Corporation)

Preventing Failure of a Large Canal by Using Staunching to Arrest Leakage (Peter Amos and Andrew Kilby, Damwatch Services; and Tim Mills, Meridian Energy Ltd)

Design and Construction of Seismic Upgrades at San Pablo Dam Using CDSM (Robert C. Kirby and Guilaine L. Roussel, Terra Engineers, Inc.; John A. Barneich, GeoPentech, Inc.; and Atta B. Yiadom and Sean M. Todaro, East Bay Municipal Utility District)

Scoggins Dam — Seismic Performance and Remediation Alternatives (John Ballegeer and Jie Yu, Kleinfelder.; and Tom VanderPlaat, Clean Water Services)

Earthquake Deformation Estimates for Risk Analysis (John W. France and Christina Winckler, URS Corporation; and Ron Oaks, Bureau of Reclamation)

Laboratory Testing of an Alluvial Clayey and Silty Sand (Karina R. Dahl, Jason T. DeJong and Ross W. Boulanger, University of California, Davis; and Michael W. Driller, California Department of Water Resources)

Non-Linear Numerical Modeling of Centrifuge-Test Results for Embankments Underlain by Liquefied Soil (R. J. Armstrong, California Department of Water Resources; R. W. Boulanger, University of California, Davis; and M. H. Beaty, Beaty Engineering LLC)

Dynamic Characterization of a Large Multiple-Arch Dam (E. Ellis and Z. Duron, Harvey Mudd College; and N. Von Gersdorff and M. Knarr, Southern California Edison)

Numerical Model Validation for Large Concrete Gravity Dams (Florian Scheulen, Harvey Mudd College; Nicolas Von Gersdorff, Southern California Edison Company; Ziyad Duron, Harvey Mudd College; and Mike Knarr, Southern California Edison Company)

Seismic Evaluation of Two Thin Arch Dams (Vik Iso-Ahola, Bashar Sudah and Glenn Tarbox, MWH Americas, Inc.; and Christopher Hill, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California)

Seismic Evaluation of Semi-Embedded Outlet Tower (Michael H. Beaty, Beaty Engineering LLC; and Michael Ruthford and Donald E. Yule, Corps of Engineers)

Use of Hi-Resolution LiDAR in Discovering the Polaris Fault, Martis Creek Dam, Truckee, California (Lewis E. Hunter and Ronn S. Rose, Corps of Engineers; Bruce R. Hilton and Willliam McCormick, Kleinfelder, Inc.; and Todd Crampton, AMEC Geomatrix, Inc.)

Seismic Hazard Characterization of the Kern Canyon Fault for Isabella Dam, California (Keith I. Kelson, Fugro William Lettis & Associates Inc.; David T. Simpson, URS Corporation and Ronn S. Rose and David C. Serafini, Corps of Engineers)

LS-DYNA Modeling of Folsom Dam for Pier Modification Design Loads (Anastasia Johnson and Phoebe Percell, Bureau of Reclamation)

Seismic Spillway Pier Modification Designs at Folsom Dam (Anastasia Johnson and David Gold, Bureau of Reclamation)

Mixture Proportioning Study for Massive Concrete Elements at the Folsom Dam JFP (Katie Bartojay, Bureau of Reclamation; and William Halczak, Corps of Engineers)

The Bear Creek Dam, Alabama (Keith A. Ferguson, Consultant; and Donald A. Bruce, Geosystems Inc.)

Alkali-Silica Reactivity at Roanoke Rapids Dam — Unique Remedial Design Challenges (Brian R. Reinicker, HDR|DTA, Inc.;William H. Duke, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; John A. Cima, Dominion Generation; and Robin Charlwood, Robin Charlwood & Associates PLLC)

Integrity Testing of Post-Tensioned Steel Trunnion Rods (Mark A. Cesare, J. Darrin Holt and Laura J. Guy, FDH Engineering, Inc.)

Lugeon Test Interpretation, Revisited (Camilo Quiñones-Rozo, URS Corporation)

Long-Term Monitoring of the Vuhred Concrete Dam (Pavel vanut, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute)

Development of Resilience-Enhancing Strategies Using Regional Exercises (Paula L. Scalingi, Center for Regional Disaster Resilience; Enrique E. Matheu, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Yazmin Seda-Sanabria, Corps of Engineers; Robert C. Hughes, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Douglas J. Norton, Battelle Memorial Institute; and Alan M. Patterson, U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

Flood Modeling for the 2009 Dams Sector Exercise Series (Gregg N. Teasdale, Barry Moran, Yazmin Seda-Sanabria and John W. Hunter, Corps of Engineers)

Modeling, Mapping, and Consequence (MMC) Production Center — Efforts Supporting Critical Infrastructure (Barry P. Moran, David A. Margo and Yazmin Seda-Sanabria, Corps of Engineers)

Consequence Estimation for Critical Infrastructure Risk Management (Jason T. Needham and Yazmin Seda-Sanabria, Corps of Engineers; and David S. Bowles, Utah State University and RAC Engineers & Economists)

Addressing Cybersecurity Issues for Dams (Hal Dalson, Dams Sector Coordinating Council; Enrique E. Matheu, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Yazmin Seda-Sanabria and Andres Lopez-Esquerra, Corps of Engineers; and Kristen M. Baumgartner, U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

Incorporating Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies into Dam Failure Consequence Assessments ( (Steve Folga, Timothy Allison and James P. Peerenboom, Argonne National Laboratory; John P. Carr, Corps of Engineers; Enrique E. Matheu, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and Yazmin Seda-Sanabria, Corps of Engineers)

Performance of Damaged Soil-Concrete Wraparound Dam Sections Under Dynamic Loading (Yuliya Kanarska, Ilya Lomov, Lee Glascoe, Joseph Morris and Tarabay Antoun, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Robert Hall and Stanley Woodson, Corps of Engineers; and John Fortune and Mary Ellen Hynes, U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

Keeping an Aging Dam Performing in the 21st Century (John C. Stoessel and Mike M. Knarr, Southern California Edison; John Wilkes, CARPI USA; and Craig McElfresh, MCS Construction, Inc.)

Over-Water Geophysical Methods for Characterizing Reservoir Bottom Sediments for Dam Projects (Richard E. Sylwester and Anthony H. Rice, Golder Associates Inc.)

Fast Track Design to Expedite Lake Okeechobee and Everglades Restoration (Stephen L. Whiteside, William K. Taylor and Michael F. Schmidt, Rebecca G. Ascoli and Peter M. Chenevey, CDM)

Geotechnical Design and Construction of the Salinas River Diversion Facility (Theodore B. Feldsher and Jiaer Wu, URS Corporation)

Changes to Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project to Facilitate Fish Passage (Thomas E. Hepler, Bureau of Reclamation)

The Environmental Impact Assessment for AVCE, the First Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant in Slovenia N. Smolar-Zvanut, Institute for Water, Republic of Slovenia; and A. Rejec, Soske Elektrarne Nova Gorica, Slovenia)

Quantifying Sustainability: Roller Compacted Concrete versus Zoned Earth Embankment Dam (Dennis J. Hogan, Black & Veatch Corporation)

Climate Change Impact on Hydrological Extremes in Kaidu River Basin, China (Md. A. Basher, Bangladesh Water Development Board; T. Liu, Katholic University of Leuven, Belgium; Md. A. Kabir, Monash University, Australia; and V. Ntegeka and P. Willems, Katholic University of Leuven, Belgium)

The Use of Electronic Data Analysis and 3-D Modeling to Make Us Smarter (William D. Spencer, Brett Fritze and David C. Greene, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.; and Tommy A. Haskins, Corps of Engineers)

Geotechnical Investigations at Martis Creek Dam, Truckee, CA (Verne W. Brown, Corps of Engineers)

Flat-Plate Slope Protection for Hurricane Surge Drawdown Conditions (J. Dominic Molyneux and Dennis J. Hogan, Black & Veatch Corporation)

Embankment Modifications at Folsom Reservoir (Greg Eddy, Ron Oaks and M. Jonathan Harris, Bureau of Reclamation)

Cause of an Embankment Dam Sinkhole (John Lyon, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Ray Barham, Alcoa Power Generation Inc.; and Paul Shiers, Kevin Finn and Michael McCaffrey, PB Americas, Inc.)

Rebuilding an Embankment Dam at a Sinkhole (John Lyon, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Ray Barham, Alcoa Power Generation Inc.; and Paul Shiers, Kevin Finn and Bryce Mochrie, PB Americas, Inc.)

The Auxiliary Make-Up Lake Dam — 20 years Later (Scott R. Brand and Paul R. Zaman, Black & Veatch Corporation; and Gary Van Riessen, Consulting Engineer)

Internal Erosion and Impact of Erosion Resistance (G. J. Hanson, R. D. Tejral, S. L. Hunt and D. M. Temple, Agricultural Research Service, USDA)

Techniques for Prevention and Detection of Leakage in Dams and Reservoirs (Iván A. Contreras, Barr Engineering Company; and Samuel H. Hernández, Desurca, Venezuela)

A GIS-Based Approach in Assessing Embankment Dams (Christopher L. Wang, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Nancy M. Ferris, Corps of Engineers)

Applicability of the Existing Empirical Method for Evaluating Shear Wave Velocity in Core Zone to Korean Dam Sites (Ik-Soo Ha and Byung-Hyun Oh, Korea Water Resources Corporation)

Mixed-in-Place and Cutter-Soil-Mixing Methods Applied on Dams and Dikes (Ulli Wiedenmann, Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH; and Martin Hoegg, Coastal Caisson Corp.)

Construction of a Deep Cut-Off for a New Power House (Arturo L. Ressi-Di-Cervia, Kiewit Construction Company)

Studying Salinity Phenomenon of Ajichay Earth Dam (Vanyar, Azerbaijan, Iran) in Relation to Mineral Dissolution Rate (E. Ghanbari, Islamic Azad University, Iran)

Falls Dam Stoney Gate Operability (Mark J. Gross, Alcoa Power Generating Inc.; Paul F. Shiers, Anthony W. Plizga and Marc D. Buratto, PB Americas, Inc.; and John C. Lyon, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Hebgen Intake Stoplog Failure — Lessons Learned (David W. Lord and Kathleen Clarkson, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Carrie Harris and Jim Stillwell, PPL Montana, LLC)

Will You Be Able to Access Your Dam During Emergencies? (Jeffrey Racicot and David Lord, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Keeping Up with Instrumentation and Information Technology Changes at Two Dams (Hollie L. Ellis, Shannon & Wilson, Inc.; Walter L. Davis, Seattle City Light; and Richard E. Smith, Corps of Engineers)

Dam Hillside Sloughing Remediation Planning (Bryce Mochrie, PB Power; Andrew Datsko and Jacob Vozel, Allegheny Energy Supply; and Stefan Schadinger, PB Power)

Evaluation of Landslides in Reservoir above Proposed 165M High Dam, Pervari, Turkey (Ray E. Martin, Consulting Engineer; and Eric B. Rehwoldt, Schnabel Engineering)

The Columbia River Treaty: A Model for International Water Resource Collaboration (James D. Barton, Corps of Engineers)

Building from Regional to Statewide Planning: The Texas Approach to Water Planning (Tom Gooch and Mike Reedy, Freese and Nichols, Inc.; and Carolyn Brittin, Texas Water Development Board)

Smart Water Resources Development through Collaborative Processes (Uli Kappus, Parsons Water & Infrastructure Inc.; Ken Steele, Consultant; and Kelly Rodgers, San Diego County Water Authority)

Missouri River Recovery Program — Collaborative Partnerships Lead to Success (Teresa Reinig and Mary Roth, Corps of Engineers)

A Conceptual Cost Estimation Model for Hydroelectric Power Plant Projects (Murat Gunduz, Middle East Technical University; and Haci Bayram Sahin, HHA Engineering Ltd. Co., Turkey)

Getting Creative with Public Outreach — When You Can’t Just Buy the Mailing List (Jeffrey A. Shoaf and Gina Molise, San Diego County Water Authority; and Jessica Berlin, Katz & Associates, Inc.)

Optimizing the North Metro Reservoir Complex, Commerce City, Colorado (Richard Tocher, Tetra Tech, Inc.; and Mike Miller, Denver Water)

Climate Change and the Payette River Basin (David J. Hoekema, Xin Jin and Venkataramana Sridhar, Boise State University)

Fort Worth’s River “Vision” — Combining Project Sponsors behind Combined Goals (Stephen L. Whiteside and Michael T. Oleson, CDM)

How to Successfully Navigate through the Environmental Maze of Permitting and Mitigation: The San Pablo Dam Seismic Upgrades Project (David Katzev and Atta Yiadom, East Bay Municipal Utility District)

Downtown Guadalupe River Project (Brandon Muncy, Corps of Engineers; and Thomas MacDonald, Sujan Punyamurthula and Juan Vargas, URS Corporation)

Howard Hanson Dam Right Abutment Seepage Performance Issues and Interim Repairs (Richard E. Smith, Robert E. Romocki and Dennis A. Fischer, Corps of Engineers)

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport Rehabilitation Case Study (Brant Jones, Thomas Mack and Amy Moore, Corps of Engineers)

Removal of Savage Rapids Diversion Dam — Part Two (Richard D. Benik, Bureau of Reclamation)

Hall Brook Dam Removal: A Case Study in Sediment Management (David M. Leone, Gregory W. Hunt and William H. Hover, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.)

Removal of Bluebird Dam at Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado (Charles Karpowicz, Water Resources Management; and Jeff Connor and Joe Arnold, National Park Service)

The Klamath River Dam Removal: A Review of the Costs, Fiancing and Risks of this Landmark Restoration Program (Ben Swann, Chris Park and Dave Auslam, CDM)

USACE Fort Worth District Dams and Lakes: Lessons Learned from 2007 Flood Events (José Hernández and Fred Jensen, Corps of Engineers)

Annual Exceedance Probability of Probable Maximum Flood Using a Stochastic Hydrologic Model (Jay B. Smith, Tetra Tech, Inc.; Bruce L. Barker, MGS Engineering Consultants, Inc.; and Lloyd M. Pernela, Puget Sound Energy)

A Synthetic Method for Assessing the Risk of Small Dam Flooding (Stefania Grimaldi, Politecnico di Torino; Roberto Del Vesco and Davide Patrocco Direzione Opere Pubbliche; and Davide Poggi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

Selection of Breach Parameters for the Herbert Hoover Dike (Very-Large Storage Low-Head Reservoir) (Robert C. Tucker and Thomas M. Spencer, Corps of Engineers)

A Prototype-Scaled Rock Scour Prediction Model (E.F.R. Bollaert, AquaVision Engineering Ltd., Switzerland)

Analysis of Sediment Dynamics in Latrobe River Basin, Australia Using a Process-Based Distributed Modeling Approach (Md. A. Kabir and D. Dutta, Monash University, Australia)

Relation Between K Factors and Failure Rates for Various Dam Gate Components (Robert C. Patev, Corps of Engineers; and Chandra S. Putcha and Jawaad Meerza, California State University, Fullerton)

Dams as Systems — A Holistic Approach to Dam Safety (Patrick J. Regan, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Overview of the Isabella Dam Potential Failure Modes Workshop (David C. Serafini and Ronn S. Rose, Corps of Engineers)

Update for Screening Portfolio Risk Analysis for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dams (Jeffrey T. McClenathan, Corps of Engineers)

A Risk-Based Reevaluation of Operating Restrictions to Reduce the Risk of Earthquake-Induced Dam Failure (David S. Bowles and Loren R. Anderson, Utah State University and RAC Engineers & Economists; Michael E. Ruthford and David C. Serafini, Corps of Engineers; and Sanjay S. Chauhan, Utah State University and RAC)

Folsom Dam From Approach to Exit: Modeling the Proposed Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway (Nathan C. Cox and Harold C. Huff, Corps of Engineers)

Physical Modeling of the Folsom Dam Tailwater Confluence Area (Robert F. Einhellig, Connie D. Svoboda and K. Warren Frizell, Bureau of Reclamation; and Nathan C. Cox, Corps of Engineers)

Folsom Dam Safety of Dams Modifications — Auxiliary Spillway Phase I and Phase II (Ernest Hall and William Dressel, Bureau of Reclamation)