Dam safety systems are used to monitor the state of dams, including external physical threats to the dams, and issuing emergency warnings at various degrees...
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Dam safety may refer to: Dam safety systems - used for monitoring the safety status of dams Reservoir safety - the risks to dams and reservoirs and the...
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Egyptians also built dams, such as Sadd-el-Kafara Dam for flood control. In modern-day India, Dholavira had an intricate water-management system with 16 reservoirs...
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Nevada. "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (A-G)" (PDF). California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams. Archived...
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Warning System (replaced by Alberta Emergency Alert) Alert Ready (Canada) Automatic Warning System Child abduction alert system Dam safety system Earthquake...
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Spillway (category Dams)
exposed at low water Dam safety system Reservoir Stepped spillway Fish ladder Tailrace fishing Toddbrook Reservoir Oroville Dam crisis Henry H., Thomas...
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Dnieper reservoir cascade (redirect from Dnipro River System of Dams)
depending on if there would be early warning of the impact event. Dam failure Dam safety system Dnieper Dnieper Hydroelectric Station Tsalyk, S. Almost-Venice:...
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An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions...
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Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento...
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electronic tiltmeter Graph showing inflation cycle of Kīlauea volcano Dam safety system Differential GPS Geomechanic Inclinometer Remote sensing methods Rock...
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6miles Thekkady Mullaperiyar Kumily Mullaperiyar Dam (IPA: [mulːɐpːeɾijɐːr]) is a masonry gravity dam on the Periyar River of Idukki district of Indian...
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structures such as dams, towers, cathedrals, or masonry buildings. For instance, Mistral is an expert system to monitor dam safety, developed in the 1990s...
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Emergency brake assist (redirect from Brake assist system)
equipped with the City Safety System which automatically brakes in stop start traffic. Mercedes-Benz also has a similar system called Distronic Plus....
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The St. Francis Dam, or the San Francisquito Dam, was a concrete gravity dam located in San Francisquito Canyon in northern Los Angeles County, California...
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or continuously, and some have hydroelectric power generation systems installed. Dams are considered "installations containing dangerous forces" under...
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Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as the Hidase Dam (Amharic: ሕዳሴ ግድብ, romanized: Hidāsē Gidib, Oromo: Hidha Hidāsē), is a gravity dam on the Blue...
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2018). "Dam safety improvement work completed at Bagnell Dam in U.S." Hydro World. Retrieved 20 May 2019. "National Register Information System". National...
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officials to take measures to ensure the safety of the dam in 2017. "Lake Como". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United...
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projects like the Three Gorges Dam, Wudongde Dam, Xiluodu Dam, and Xiangjiaba Dam, all located on the same river system, to produce and transmit renewable energy...
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Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station (redirect from Taum Sauk Dam Failure)
Dispatch article[permanent dead link] "AmerenUE Disputes Statement From Dam Safety Official". June 6, 2007. Ameren Press Release disputing press reports...
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structural safety of the Edenville Dam. On May 19, 2020, 5:46 p.m., due to massive inflow from heavy rains in the area, the eastern side of the dam collapsed...
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The Idukki Dam is a double-curvature arch dam constructed across the Periyar River in a narrow gorge between two granite hills locally known as Kuravan...
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The Fort Peck Dam is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River, located in northeast Montana in the United States, near Glasgow, and adjacent...
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number was reduced to five. Other dams in the project, including the Shimantan Dam, had a similar reduction of safety features and Chen was removed from...
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Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed...
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The Three Gorges Dam (simplified Chinese: 三峡大坝; traditional Chinese: 三峽大壩; pinyin: Sānxiá Dàbà) is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze...
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body armor, military communications systems, a broad range of industrial head and fall protection products, and safety products for Do-It-Yourself consumers...
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to support the dam and has low possibility of failing. When dams are created, they are given a safety rating depending on the type of dam, location, and...
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media related to Austin Dam. Austin (Bayless) Dam failure case study at the Association of State Dam Safety Officials Austin Dam failure from the Library...
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The Vaal River System". Rand Water. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2013. Google Earth "Dam Safety Office, Department...
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