Long-term benefits and performance of dams : proceedings of the 13th conference of the British Dam Society held at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK from 22 to 26 June 2004

This proceedings includes 55 papers on the benefits that reservoirs can provide in terms of water supply and recreation, and also on the environmental impact they can have. The papers were presented at the 13th Conference of the British Dam Society held at the University of Kent, June 2004. A wide spectrum of special topics are discussed, including: the use of new materials in reservoir construction, in particular the use of geomembranes to provide water tightness; portfolio risk assessments undertaken both in the UK and overseas; climate change and its effect on reservoir safety; European research into dam break analysis; flood alleviation schemes involving flood storage reservoirs; and case histories of dam failures and near misses, and the lessons that can be learned from them. Various studies and works to rehabilitate a number of dams of differing types, sizes and age are also described.