Reducing risk from extreme events

Plenary Session

Australian Practice in Dam Safety Risk Assessment (Robin Fell, Univ. of New South Wales, Australia)

Summary of USSD White Paper on Dam Safety Risk Assessment (David S. Bowles, Utah State Univ. & RAC Engrs & Economists)

Risk Assessment and Reliability

The Wissota Dam Failure Mode Analysis Pilot Study (J. Lawrence Von Thun, Consultant; Richard M. Rudolph, Xcel Energy; Terry L. Hampton, Gannett Fleming)

Dam Safety Decision-Making: Combining Engineering Assessments with Risk Information (David S. Bowles, Terry F. Glover, Loren R. Anderson, and Sanjay S. Chauhan, Utah State Univ. & RAC Engrs & Economists)

Demonstration of Portfolio Risk Assessment for Huntington District Dams (Scan L. Smith, Jerry W. Webb and Kenneth C. Halstead, USACE)

Warning System Design When Early Warning is Not Early Enough - Silver Creek Dam and Hosier Dam Case Studies (Barry K. Myers and Gregory C. Dutson, Engineered Monitoring Solutions)

Risk-Benefit Assessment of Dam Early Warning Systems (Scan Smith and Jerry W. Webb, Corps of Engineers; and David Ford, David Ford Consulting Engrs)

Optimizing EAPs and ERPs, Parts 1-3: Risk-Based Planning, Team, Prescriptive Flood Maps (Duane M. McClelland, GEI Consultants, Inc.)

Ridges Basin Dam - History, Description, and Embankment Design Considerations (John M. Cyganiewicz and Douglas D. Boyer, USBR)

Extreme Earthquake and Flood Event Risk Reduction - Rehabilitation of the Logon River First Dam (Robert A. Joyet and Rodney W. Eisenbraun, ECI)

Design of an Off-Stream Reservoir (Greg Zamensky, URS Corporation; Joseph Dombrowski, City of Newark Water Department; and Joseph Kula, URS Corp)

RCC Overlays for Increasing Spill-way Capacity - Lessons Learned (Kenneth D. Hansen, Schnabel Engineering)

Risk Analysis Methodologies for Dam Gates and Operating Equipment (Robert C. Patev, USACE; and Chandra S. Putcha, California State Univ., Fullerton)

Reliability and Performance of Inflatable Dams (Paul G. Schweiger and William B. Bingham, Gannett Fleming)

Prediction of Pore-water Pressures in the Core of Earth Dams During Construction (Mohsen Beikae and Christopher J. Hill, Metropolitan Water Dist. of S. Calif)

Monitoring the Safety of the World's Highest Hydraulic Fill Dam (Stanley M. Bemben, Consultant; Lawrence F. Johnsen, Heller & Johnsen; and Joseph J. Superneau, Springfield Water & Sewer Commission)

Real-Time GPS Monitoring-LibbyDam, Libby, Montana (Barry A. Hillman, Cory Baldwin and Edmund Medley, Condor Earth Technologies; and Steven Meyerholtz, USACE)

Security at Dams- What Can I Do? (Frank Calcagno, Jr., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Observations and Insights on the Application of the RAM-D Methodology to Dam Vulnerability and Security Studies (Richard A. Millet and John W. France, URS Corp)

Hydraulics and Hydrology

FERC's Engineering Guidelines for Determining the Probable Maximum Flood (Kevin Griebenow, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

PMPs Never Happen - Or Do They? (John Harrison, Schnabel Engr)

PMF Refinement by Physical Modeling of Spillway Outlet Works (Peter R. Valeri, Richard R. Zavesky and James F. Huang, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Gary M. Franc, Reliant Energy)

Stability Analysis and Interim Safety Improvements, Gilboa Dam Spillway, Schoharie Reservoir, New York (William H. Hover, Anders B. Bjarngard and Chad W. Cox, GZA GeoEnvironmental; and Paul Costa, NYC Dept of Env. Protection)

The Latest in Unlined Auxiliary Spillway Design (Joseph S. Monroe, Schnabel Engineering)

Erosion of Earth Spillways (Darrel M. Temple, USDA-ARS; Johannes Wibowo, USACE; and Mitchell Neilsen, Kansas State Univ)

Spillway Capacity Analyses for New York City Dams in the Catskill and Delaware Watersheds (Peter H. Baril and David M. Leone, GZA GeoEnvironmental; and Paul Costa, NYC Dept of Env. Protection)

Increasing Spillway Capacity at Bee Tree Dam (Donald L. Basinger, Robert P. Cannon and Russell A. Bendel, Schnabel Engineering)

Design Considerations in Retrofit of a Dam to Pass Probable Maximum Flood-Otter Brook Dam, Keene, New Hampshire (Patrick Blumeris and Siamac Vaghar, USACE)

Spillway Remediation of Dams in Nicaragua Damaged by Hurricane Mitch (Jerry W. Webb and Stephen R. Stout, USACE)

HEC-ResSim Capabilities and Plans (Joan D. Klipsch, USACE; and John F. DeGeorge, Resource Mgmt Associates)

Modified Storm Operations at Bradbury Dam (William R. Fiedler, USBR)

Estimating Uncertainty in Stage Discharge Relationships (Gary E. Freeman and Iftekhar Ahmed, WEST Consultants)

Outflow Through the Breach of Embankment Dams (Chaiyuth Chinnarasri, Somboon Jirakitlerd and Somchai Wongwises, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand)

Remediation for Seismic Risk

Derivation of Seismic Ground Motions for Saluda, Wateree, Claytor, Walters and Bridgewater Dams (Steve Collins, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Seismic Evaluation of the Semi-Hydraulic Fill Saluda Dam (Jeffrey M. Bair, Paul C. Rizzo and Antonio Fernandez, Paul C. Rizzo Assoc, and Kristina L. Massey, South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.)

Overview of the Saluda Dam Remediation Project - RCC and Rockfill Dams (Paul C. Rizzo, Paul C. Rizzo Assoc; and Ray Ammarell, South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.)

Saluda Dam Remediation RCC Mix Design Program (Paul C. Rizzo, Luis Ruiz Gaekel and John P. Osterle, Paul C. Rizzo Assoc, and S. Harold Moxley, South Carolina Electric and Gas Co.)

Construction Dewatering at Saluda Dam: Design, Testing, and Implementation (John P. Osterle and Paul C. Rizzo, Paul C. Rizzo Assoc; William Argentieri, South Carolina Electric & Gas Co; and Jeffrey D. Holchm, Paul C. Rizzo Assoc)

FERC Oversight and Input, Saluda Dam Seismic Evaluation and Remediation (Steve Collins and Constantine G. Tjoumas, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Seismic Stability Modifications at Duke Power's Wateree Dam - Part 1: Analysis and Conceptual Design (B. Alex Grenoble, Edwin C. Luttrell and Kevin P. Snyder, Framatome ANP DE&S, and Ernest D. Brockman, Duke Power Co.)

Seismic Stability Modifications at Duke Power's Wateree Dam - Part 2: Final Design and Construction (Kevin P. Snyder, B. Alex Grenoble, Lyie N. Tracy and Edwin C. Luttrell, Framatome ANP DE&S; and Ernest D. Brockman, Jr., Duke Power Co.)

Analysis and Remediation of the Pinopolis Dam (Mark Carter and Ray Pinson, Santee Cooper; Steve Collins, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Paul C. Rizzo, Paul C. Rizzo Assoc)

Non-Structural Alternative to Seismic Remediation for the Hydraulic-Fill Santee North Dam (Denise Bunte-Bisnett and Mark M. Carter, Santee Cooper)

Evaluation and Design of Seismic Remediation for the Clemson Upper and Lower Diversion Dams (Lee Wooten, Gonzalo Castro and Gill Gregory, GEI Consultants; and Ben Foreman, USACE)

Earthquake Deformation Analysis for Seismic Remediation of Wickiup Dam, Oregon (John W. France, URS Corp; Tiffany E. Adams, PanGEO; and Mark Bliss and Mark Barraclough, USBR)

Non-Linear Static and Dynamic Analysis of the Cushman Arch Dams Using Distinct Elements (D. D. Curtis and J. P. Aglawe, Acres Int'l Corp; E. B. Kollgaard, Consulting Engr; D. E. Bowes, Consulting Engr; and S. H. Fischer, Tacoma Power)

Seismic Risk from Rock Slope Failures at Dams (Richard W. Humphries, Wayne Warburton and James Daly, Golder Assoc)

Seismic Response of Earth Dams on Liquefiable Foundations and Compaction Remediation (Korhan Adalier, Rensselaer Polytech; and Michael K. Sharp, USACE)

Seismic and Seepage Remediation of Diversion Dam (Stephen J. Rabasca, Soil Metrics LLC; R. Craig Findlay, Findlay Engineering; and Fine T. Hsu, Geotechnical Consultant)

Adding GIS to the Dam Safety Data Warehouse (Thomas Plummer, USACE; and Kenneth Hardin and Michael F. Adams, Jr., Fuller Mossbarger, Scott and May Engrs)

Poster Session

Non-linear Analysis of Dams by the FERC (Bruce Brand, FERC)

Anchoring the Way to Long-term Remediation (Bob. E. Oxendine, APGI, Tapoco Div.; Paul F. Shiers, Bryce N. Mochrie and Marc D. Buratto, PB Power; and John Lyon, FERC)