Resource
Dam Failure Lesson Learned: Stability of the dam foundation and other geologic features must be considered during dam design
Resource Type
Webpages
Reference Title
Dam Failure Lesson Learned: Stability of the dam foundation and other geologic features must be considered during dam design
Organization/Agency
Association of State Dam Safety Officials
Year
2016
Abstract/Additional Information
DamFailures.Org is an ASDSO project that provides individual dam failure case studies and lessons learned as a resource for dam safety engineers, dam operators, owners, regulators, managers, academia and students to help prevent future incidents.
Foundation defects cause approximately 30% of all documented dam failures in the United States.¹ Because of inherent uncertainty associated with the properties of the foundation it is essential that the regional geology and dam foundation geologic conditions be thoroughly investigated and characterized in order to reduce the risk of failure.
