2023 ASDSO Annual Conference Proceedings

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Opening General Session: California Dam Safety
(Sharon Tapia, P.E., Gary Lippner, Michael Anderson, and Anthony Meyers)*

Session 1 - Decade Dam Failures Series Part I
• 1883 Disaster at English Dam
(Cory A. Miyamoto, Keane Sommers, and Lacy Cannon)
• 100th anniversary of the 1923 Apishapa Dam failure, Colorado: an analysis of an underappreciated embankment dam settlement/cracking case history and the local impacts of a lost resource
(Lee Mauney, Keith Ferguson, Bill McCormick, and Mark Perry)
Hales Bar Dam: Many Firsts and Many Lessons
(Eric Peterson and Robert Hatton)
• Italian Dam Failures – Important Lessons Learned from Failure of Gleno Dam (1923) and Overtopping of Vajont Dam (1963)
(Keil Neff, Nathaniel Gee, Bill Fiedler, and Scott Arends)
• Gleno Dam - Italy’s OG of Modern Dam Failures
(Christopher Owen)

Session 2: Panel Discussion - Probabilistic Precipitation Frequency Tools for Dam Safety
(Moderators – Greg Paxson and Victoria Bahls; Speakers: Debbie Martin, Bill Kappel, and Kevin Griebenow)*

Session 3: Seismic Considerations
• Hardfill Dam Feasibility in a High Seismic Area
(Arul Rajendram, Erik Newman, Terry Arnold, Robert Green, Steven Haugaard, and Victor Gutierrez)
• Assessment of Aging Dams for Seismic Potential Failure Modes: A Delta Approach
(Khaled Chowdhury, Tim O’Leary, Erica Medley, Ethan Dawson, David Serafini, P.E., G.E., Olivia Finlay, GIT, Tiffany Adams, Ph.D., P.E., and Georgette Hlepas)
• Numerical Modeling and Remediation Design of a Hydraulic Fill Embankment with Liquefiable Foundation Under Extreme Seismic Loading
(Gauen R. Alexander)*

Session 4: Processes and Innovations
• Demystifying Alternatives Analysis for Federally Funded Projects
(Katherine Sharpe)*
• Beyond Emergency Action Plans: Leveraging Regulatory Requirements to Develop a Collaborative and Cross-Functional Hydroelectric Emergency Management Program
(Andrew Hagen and Jes Gearing)*
• Using GIS as a Tool in Managing a National Dam Safety Program
(Charles (Kirk) Cover)

Session 5: Fire and Ice
• Dam Failures and Incidents Due To Dynamic Ice Loads
(Paul Schweiger and Boyd Howard)*
• Frazzled – The 1972 Frazil Ice Failure of Keshena Falls Dam
(Chad Krofta and Greta Backman)*
• The 70th Anniversary of the Tangiwai Railway Disaster – A volcanic dam break story
(Juliana Rivera Alves Tabet and Mark Baker)

Session 6: Extreme Precipitation and the PMP
• The “Perfect Storm”: Can Atmospheric Models Improve Confidence In Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP)?
(Emilie Tarouilly)*
• Evaluating Spillway Capacity with Changing Data– The Effects of a Statewide PMP Study on a Portfolio of Dams
(Amanda Hess, Manogya Khanal, and Kurt Staller)*
• Evaluating Extreme Precipitation for Hydrologic Analysis for Dam Safety and Mining Operations: Considering Current and Future Conditions
(Bill Kappel and Doug Hultstrand)

Session 7: Construction Case Studies
• Wanapum Dam Repair: A Challenge For Con-Tech Systems USA Inc.
(Paul Krumm)*
• DMAD Dam Rehabilitation Phase II
(Jed McFarlane, Ryan Cole, Phil Gerhart, Richard Buhler, Everett Taylor, and David Marble)*
• Small Dams, Big Problems: A Case Study on a Complete Dam Reconstruction
(Joseph Kudritz and Brian Afek)

Session 8: Risk Communication and Emergency Planning
• From Translational to Transformational Flood Risk Communication: How USACE is Shifting its Communication About Dams, Levees, and Flooding
Katelyn Noland and Adoratia Purdy)*
• Whittier Narrows Dam: Managing Risk Thru Communication: A Partnership Between USACE and The City of Pico Rivera
(Melanie Ellis, Aaron Smith, and Javier Hernandez)*
• Bourbanis Dam: The Spring 2022 Emergency Response and Moving Forward to Mitigate Future Risk
(Zachary Herrmann and Christi Fisher)*

General Session 2: Colorado River Past, Present and Future*

Session 9: The Dam Safety Toolbox
• A Reservoir Restriction Toolbox
(Jeremy Franz, Brent Zundel, and Steffen Krei)
• The Dam Safety Toolbox – A New Online Resource for the Dam Safety Industry from ASDSO
(Jeremy Franz and Greg Richards)*

Session 10: CFD Modeling for Spillways and Outlet Works
• Narrows Bypass Channel CFD Analysis – Modeling Challenges for Large CFD Models with Large Flows and Interpretation of Their 3-D Results
(Ahintha Kandamby and Dusty Myers)*
• Solving complicated hydraulics in an old horseshoe outlet tunnel that needs some repairs through CFD analysis.
(Bryan Heiner)*
• Labyrinth Weir Spillway Design: Lessons Learned on the DMAD Dam Rehabilitation Project
(Thayne Clark, Jon Howe, and Everett Taylor)*
• Garrison Dam - Iterative CFD Modeling to Evaluate Spillway Overlay Measures with 70 ft of Uplift Resistance
(Chad Vensel, Curtis Miller, Brian Hall, Adam Wenck, and Korey Kadrmas)

Session 11: Geotech Case Studies
• Cracking of buttresses in an Ambursen Dam Spillway
(Mussie Eyob and Prapa Haran)*
• Case History of 2002 Swift No. 2 Dam Failure
(Nason McCullough)
• Yet Another Lesson Learned from Wolf Creek
(Michael A. Brown and Dylan Grissom)

Session 12: Geotech Analysis
• Liquefaction Triggering Analysis of Construction and Long-Term Surcharge Loading on Earth Embankment Dams
(Carlin Grundemann)*
• An Evaluation of Slope Stability of a Reclamation Dam using Three-Dimensional Limit Equilibrium Analysis
(Tyler Quick)*
• The Impact of Vibration Loads on Liquefaction Susceptible Soils in Earth Embankment Dams
(Carlin Grundemann and Heidi Pence)

Session 13: Potpourri
• National Inventory of Low-head Dams: completion and next steps
(Rollin Hotchkiss, Karl Kingery, and Kathleen Hoenke)
• In a Room Full of Experts… Tips for Success from PFMA Recorders
(Kathleen Darby, Jay Griffin, Melissa Setz, Joe Goldstein, and Cassandra Wagner)*
• From Here to Recovery: The Softer Side of Effective Leadership
(Leonard Greenberger)*

Session 14: Decade Dam Failures Series Part II
• 2003 Fuse Plug Failure at Silver Lake Dam, Michigan: A Look Back at the Lasting Impacts
(Carmen Lepsch, James Pawloski, John France, and Greg Richards)
• 1993 Split Rock Creek Dam Failure: Can I Get an Inspection?
(Robb Roy and Bill Kussmann)*
• 2003 Emergency at Mount Carmel Dam, North Dakota
(Carmen Lepsch, Ben Webster, and Cory A. Miyamoto)
• Cart Path Only: Spillway Breaching at Black Creek Site 53 Dam
(William Cantrell, Robert Hatton, and Stephen Karpenko)

Session 15: Hydrologivariables
• Is catchment area the dominant factor for PMF estimation in a supposedly hydrologically homogeneous region?
(Miguel Wong and Cory Anderson)*
• Distributed Curve Number Modeling for Runoff Volume Prediction
(Michael Horst)
• Nonlinear Watershed Behavior Using Variable Unit Hydrograph Parameters for California
(Daniel Meyersohn and Michael Bartels)

Session 16: Risk Tools for State Dams
• Development of a Consistent Framework: Risk Prioritization for 36 Unsafe, High Hazard Dams in Massachusetts
(Amanda Barnett, Alex Gray, Lissa Robinson, David Ouellette, William Salomaa, and Bryan Carignan)
• Oregon’s Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessments for Dams with Limited Design and Analysis Information
(Keith Mills, Tony Janicek, Arden Babb, and Bobby Voeks)
• 7 High Hazard Dams Risk Assessment
(Rick Scott, Marc Ryan, and John Falk)

Session 17: Breach Modeling and Consequence Estimates
• Evaluating Dam Breach Inundation for Largely Sedimented Reservoirs
(Martin McCann, Jr., Ronaldo Borja, Yingxiao Liu, Gonzalo Castro, Brad Hall, Brady McDaniel, Andrey Shvidchenko, Matt Farren, and Will Lukas)
• A Sensitivity Analysis Involving Simplified Approaches for Emergency Action Plan Development in Urbanized Settings
(Joseph Machala, Hui Ming Shih, Carlos Yvellez, Sushil Chaudhary, and Charles Thompson)*
• PAR is not Risk. Why Proxies Don’t Work.
(Paul Risher and Greg Paxson)*

Session 18: Geotechnical Exploration
• Updates to USACE Drilling Guidance ER 1110-1-1807
(Thomas Terry and April Fontaine)*
• Liquefaction Assessment in Gravels using Vs and DPT Blow count from Case Histories
(Kyle Rollins and Jashod Roy)
• Regulatory Perspective on Penetration Testing in Gravelly Soils
(Alex Pires-Sturm and Andrew Lutz)

Session 19: DamFailures.org Updates
• Shake, Quake, and Tremble – Seismic Events and their Impact on Dams (Recent Highlights from DamFailures.org)
(Seth Thompson, Everett Taylor, Shane McWilliams, Cory A. Miyamoto, and Jeffrey Munsey)

Session 20: Floods, Waves, and Failures
• Assessing Dam Performance During a Non-Failure Incident: Hurricane Fiona’s Impact on Puerto Rico Dams
(Patrick Miles, Jacob Adkins, Molly Finster, and Carol Freeman)*
• An Alternate Approach for Developing Design Waves for Establishing Freeboard Requirements for Perched Reservoirs Exposed to Extreme Winds
(Don Kingery, Scott Dunn, Luce Bassetti, Duane McClelland, and Rita Martins)
• Breach Evaluation of a Complex 11-Dam System Using Updated PMP with Rain-On-Mesh Hydrology in HEC-RAS
(Kapil Dhital, Balbhadra Thakur, Alen Shrestha, and Marc Johnson)

Session 21: Show Me the Money
• Mississippi Rehabilitation Grant Efforts
(William McKercher and Matt Iburg)*
• Oklahoma’s Innovative Solutions to Funding Dam Safety Projects
(Emma Moradi and Natalie Orbesen)*
• The Corps Water Infrastructure Financing Program - A Solution to Making Water Infrastructure Affordable
(Kevin McDonald)*

Session 22: Best of the Rest
• Owner's Perspective: Addressing Seepage Issues During Dams Normal Operation
(Mahsa Hedayati, Mark Ickert, Marc Miller, Louie Verreault, and Dorota Koterba)
• Large Scale Peer Audit of Dam Instrumentation and Monitoring Program
(Douglas S. Roy and David J. Barile)
• Century Old, Run of the River Dam, Inspected for the First Time In 70 Years
(Jeri Timm and Catrin Bryan)*

Session 23: Project Delivery Options
• Alternative Delivery Approaches to Constructing Dams
(Del Shannon, Scott Jones, and Vincent Mercier)
• North Michigan Creek Dam: Breathing Life into Aging Infrastructure Through Alternative Project Delivery
(Nicole Young and Cari Beenenga)*
• Partnering – More than meetings. A philosophy for successful construction projects.
(Michael J. Genduso)

Session 24: What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate: The Secret to Dam Modeling Success - Let's Discuss!
(Moderator: Nathaniel Gee; Panelists: Michele Lemieux, Devon T. McLay, Seth Thompson, and Matthew Lindon)

Session 25: Evaluating Spillway Risks
• Effort Put on the Right Path: Safety Evaluation Risk Assessments & Risk-Informed Decision-Making for Maple Grove Dam in Colorado
(Hui Ming (Max) Shih, Joseph Machala, Carlos Yvellez, and Jarod Roberts)
• Assessing Uplift at Existing Spillway Chutes in a Post Oroville World
(Frederick (Rick) Lux, III, John Trojanowski, and Keil Neff)*
• SQRA Methods Bringing Clarity to a Spillway Design Flow Decision
(Cory Anderson, Miguel Wong, and Brian Becker)

Session 26: Cutoff Walls and Grouting
• Deep Foundations Institute - Guidelines for Selecting Cutoff Wall Systems
(Mary Ellen B. Large, Stefano Valagussa, and Giovanni Bonita)
• Development of a Definition of Plastic Concrete for Cutoff Walls
(David B. Paul, John Rice, and Dr. Karsten Beckhaus)*
• Seismic Acoustic Resonance (SAR) - A complimentary tool for mapping seepage through, beneath and around dams
(Ryan Blanchard, Val Kofoed, and Mike Jessop)*

Session 27: Outlet Works
• Anderson Dam Tunnel Project - Diversion System
(Kevin Huynh, Theodore Feldsher, John Roadifer, and Ryan McCarter)
• Time-history analysis of Pyramid Dam Outlet Works Intake Structure as a basis for the future risk assessments.
(Mohammadreza Mostafa and David Sarkisian)
• Replacing a Siphon with a Low-Level Delivery Conduit on a Soft Compressible Foundation
(Brandon Horrocks, Jacob Price, and McKay Harper, and Bruce Barrett)

Session 28: Federal Policy Updates
• NDSP BIL Implementation Progress/Updates
(Jena’i Jordan)*
• Levees? Why Should States Care?
(Michael L. Bachand and Jennifer Laux)*
• Implementing Risk-Informed Decision Making in a Regulatory Dam Safety Program
(Doug Boyer and David Capka)

Session 29: Extreme Precipitation and Climate Impacts
• Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Possible Hot-Dry and Warm-Wet Future Climates for Dams in California
(Debbie Martin, Victoria Bahls, Kyle Chudler, Nicole Novembre, Mel Schaefer and Bruce Barker)
• Reanalysis of a Record-Breaking Storm in the Colorado Rockies-Combining Meteorology with Hydrology to Find the Answer
(Bill Kappel, Doug Hultstrand, and Mark Perry)
• Development of Precipitation Frequency Areal Reduction Factors for Dams in British Columbia
(Kyle Chudler, Debbie Martin, Victoria Bahls, and Mel Schaefer)*

Session 30: Seepage
• Lessons Learned - Artesian Head at Earth Dams in Glacial Country
(Donald R. Green)*
• South Fork Dam: Understanding and Mitigating Complex Geologic and Seepage Issues
(Austin Martin, E.J. Barben, and Cari Beenenga)*
• Grindstone Canyon Dam Seepage Gallery Drain Cleaning
(Gresh Eckrich)

Session 31: Grab N Go
• The Argument for Mandatory Outlet/Drain Inspections on a 5-year Cycle.
(Chadrick D. Hill)*
• Overtopping Potential for 550 Dams: Considering Storm Events with Varying Duration and Return Period
(Jacob A. Smith)*
• Rapid Overtopping Evaluation for State-Regulated Dams in North Carolina
(Lana Millard Waneka and Michael Crouch)*
• The NRCS Model to Estimate Monetary Benefits of Watershed Dams from a Specific Storm or Series of Storms
(Larry Caldwell and Gary Utley)
• SREL C3 – Construction Challenges and Solutions
(Nagesh Malyala, Timothy Williams, Kimberly Brown, Meredith Beswick, and Christopher Hamilton)
• Case Study: The Effects of Hot Temperatures on Deep Mix Method Seepage Barrier Construction
(David C. Dean, Christopher Hamilton, Alma Luna, and Doug Barber)

Session 32: Hydraulic Modeling
• Best Practices in Developing and Reviewing CFD Models for Spillways
(Benjamin Israel Devadason, Seth Thompson, and Abbas Dorostkar)*
• Performance-based design of existing and future reservoir structures: An application of computational fluid dynamics modelling and machine learning techniques
(Scott Dunn and Angelos Dimakopoulos)*
• Showdown at Cowboy Dam
(Chris Thornton, David Hughes, Frank Lan, Michael Zusi, and Stan Ali)*

Session 33: Security and Resilience of Dams
• Security and Resilience of Dams
(Kate Schwartzer)*
• Prioritizing a Portfolio using the Consequence-Based Top Screen
(Michelle Yezierski and J. Spencer Evans)*
• Dam Security Panel Discussion
(Kate Schwartzer)*

Session 34: Dam Removal
• Programmatic and Project-Specific Approaches to Using Dam Removal Projects as Dam Safety Solutions
(Meghan A. Quinn, Serena McClain, and Brian Graber)*
• Wellsville Reservoir Dam Decommissioning: a HHPD Success Story
(Melissa Menerey and Mia Kannik)*
• Dam Removal: Improving Fish Passage, Removing Hazards, and Catalyzing Community Revitalization
(Lee Holt)*

Session 35: Construction
• Underpinning Prairie: Micropiles Support Prairie Du Sac Dam - Part Two
(Brian Barkauskas)*
• Bethany Dams Restoration and Rodent Burrow Prevention Project Case History
(Youssef M. Awad and Daniel Bremerman)*
• A case study for embankment rehabilitation under full headwater pool: Challenges, surprises, and lessons learned
(Adam J. Schneider and Austin Rieder, and Ryan Grondin)*

Session 36: Decade Dam Failures Series Part III
• Iowa Beef Processors Waste Pond Failure, 1993 - DFIC Decade Series
(Douglas L. Johnson)
• The Lake Overholser Dam Failure of 1923 - Devastation in Oklahoma City
(Jonathan M. Pittman, Robb J. Roy, and Bill Kussmann)
• Have Hope - The Eventful History of Hope Mills Dam, North Carolina
(Jonathan M. Pittman, Mark Landis, and Adam Paisley)

Session 37: Design Considerations for Spillways
• Constructability Considerations for Dams and Spillways
(Brianna K. Crotty, Charles M. Johnson, and Marius Sima)
• Designing or Evaluating a Spillway? Chute Condition Matters!
Benjamin Israel Devadason and Paul Schweiger)*
• How Low Can You Go - Whittier Narrows Erodibility Study
(Chris Thornton, Jeff Ellis, Ethan Thompson, and Daniel Rogers)*

Session 38: Sites Reservoir
• Sites Reservoir
(Derek S. Morley)*

Session 39: Levee Design, Risk, and Permitting
• The Engineer-of-Record’s Role in Risk Informed Decision Making in Levee Design
(Daniel N. Teak and Kimberly Lukas)*
• Risks and Approach of Private Infrastructure on Public Levee ROW
(Vicki B. Twerdochlib and George Parizek)
• Risk Informed Assessment to Support a Section 408 Authorization
(Adam L. Hacker, Matthias Lindenbauer, and Matthew Whelan)

Poster-Lightning Talk Presentations
• Celebrating Success – The National Low Head Dams Inventory
(Manuela Johnson)**
• Stillwater Creek Watershed Dam Monitoring and Inspection Pilot Program
(Sherry L. Hunt, Jarrett Wise, Colton Shelton, Michael D. Buser, and Kevin Wagner)*
• An Evaluation of Uncertainty Associated with Generalized PMP Estimation Methods
(Zahra Zahmatkesh and Fuad Curi)
• Hydrologic Insights from 14,000 Square Miles: Unique Dynamics of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Site-Specific PMP & PMF Study
(Patrick Miles, Jacob Adkins, Ryan Abernathy, and Bill Kappel)*
• Savage River Dam, A Wild Ride: Developing 86 Miles of Inundation Mapping and Emergency Action Planning for 10 Municipalities/Counties Downstream of Savage River Dam.
(Jeffery G. Powers, Kevin Chapman, and Kate Naughton)*
• Cementing the Future of Dam Safety
(Joshua Gilman)*
• Hydraulics of beveled face stepped spillways
(Megh Raj K C and Brian Crookston)*
• How Do We Get to This Gate?
(Pete Nix)
• Impact of Groundwater Observations on Dam Design
(Kyle R. Blakley, David Hayson, and Ben Schutt)
• Design of a New Riparian Conduit through an Active Embankment Using Innovative Techniques to Mitigate Risks
(Dami Adedapo, Kelly Fordyce, and Anne-Marie Hamilton)*
• How to Exercise your Emergency Action Plans to be both impactful to dam owners and your downstream communities
(Preston Wilson, Sr.)*
• Was FEMA assistance equitable after the 2015 dam failures in Columbia, SC?
(Ciara Horne)*
• Sensitivity analysis of input parameters to flood characteristics for historical dam failures using DSS-WISE Lite web-based system
(Nuttita Pophet, Marcus McGrath, Mohammad Al-Hamdan, Paul Smith,Seth Lambert, Gokhan Inci, and James Demby)
• Digital Twins are Twice the Fun
(Brian Schroeder and Kyle M. Nicks)
• Estimated rates of failure for dams in the United States
(Michael R. Dupuis, Lucas de Melo, and Glenn Rix)
• 3D Detailing for Hydraulic Structures: Capabilities and Deficiencies
(Cristian Franklin and Charles M. Johnson)*
• Building a Digital Defect Timeline for Concrete Dams and Spillways – A Pathway to Predictive Monitoring for Dam Safety Engineers
(Ryan T. Coppersmith)*
• Using the Simplified Stochastic Event Flood Modeling Approach to Support the Risk Informed Decision Making Method to Evaluate Dam Safety
(Cory Anderson, Omid Mohseni, David Bowles, Mel Schaefer, Bruce Barker, Michael Thelen)*
• Informed Decision Making with Automated Instrumentation Data Reports - A Case History in Dam Safety Monitoring
(Jordan T. Keeney, Vik Iso-Ahola, George Manole)*
• Assessing Dam Risk in Iowa: An Analysis of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Dam Inventory
(Abdulazeez R. Lawal)*
• Numerical Evaluation of Anti-Liquefaction Performance of Deep Soil Mixing Method under Embankment Dams
(Araz Hasheminezhad)
• Fracture Networks in Mississippian Carbonate Rocks: Investigation of Dam Bedrock Foundations in Northeastern Oklahoma
(Melina Lazar, Daniel Lao Davila, and Steve Jacoby)*
• Escape Training Monotony by Hosting an Escape Room
(Megan G. Garrett)
• How the City of Austin uses the ESRI Survey123 Connect App
(Sergio Mendoza)*
• Closing the Gap: Combining numerical and analytical methods to predict gate closures
(Adrian Strain and Brennan Smith)*
• Levee Performance during Floods: A Finite Element Method Study of Transient Hydrodynamic Conditions
(Audrika Nahian and Sadik Khan)
• Using State-of-the Art Geophysical Technologies to Assess Earthen Embankments
(Lincoln Steele, Majid Mirzanejad, and Vicki Scharnhorst)*