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Dams - Web Sites
 About Dams
A range of topics from the International Rivers Networks including social, environmental and economic impacts, and dam performance and safety.
url: www.irn.org/basics/ard/index.php?id=dams.html
Building The Ultimate Dam
Donald Jackson of the History Department, Lafayette College, describes his book on John S. Eastwood and the control of water in the American West. Excerpts and illustrations.
url: ww2.lafayette.edu/~jacksond/ultdam.html
California Dam Safety
Reviews plans and specifications for the construction of new dams or for the enlargement, alteration, repair, or removal of existing dams. Includes technical references, statutes and regulations.
url: damsafety.water.ca.gov/
Climate Control Requires a Dam at the Strait of Gibraltar
Article discusses the climate benefits of building a dam across the straits of Gibraltar. By R. G. Johnson, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota.
url: www.agu.org/sci_soc/eosrjohnson.html#eosrjohnsonf3....
Dam Design
Features a range of information for undergraduate studies. Topics include loadings, geology, site investigations, and construction. Compiled by Andrew Graham at Durham University.
url: www.dur.ac.uk/~des0www4/cal/dams/
The Dam Site
A range of topics from Richard Woodward, including how dams are built and work, geology, and the environment.
url: members.optusnet.com.au/~engineeringgeologist/
Dams
Illustrated project by Diana Biggs, on the social and environmental impacts of large dams. Includes case studies.
url: www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/arch374/winter2001....
Dams and Development
Demonstrate how dams can be used by university teachers and students to explore topics in both environmental studies and development studies. Includes discussions, case studies of selected dam projects, and lists of references to assist teachers and students in further research.
url: www.idsnet.org/Resources/Dams/
Deltaworks
Includes the history of the 1953 flooding in The Netherlands and series of dams created to prevent this from happening again.
url: www.deltawerken.com/
Elan Valley Dams
History of the dams, reservoirs, and 73 mile aqueduct of the Elan Valley waterworks in midWales. From the Powys digital history project.
url: history.powys.org.uk/history/rhayader/elanmenu.htm....
Geoguide Dams
Basic animated guide to the before, during, and after phases of dam construction.
url: www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education....
German Dam Research and Technology:
Provides links to publications that show progress in German dam research and case histories where modern techniques had been used. Publications in pdf format.
url: germannatcom-icold.de/german_research/
High Masonry Dams.
Full text of John McMaster's 1876 publication.
url: quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=....
Holding Back the Waters — Dams as Water Resource Monuments
Article by Joe Gelt which details the range of dams and the regulations that control them.
url: ag.arizona.edu/azwater/arroyo/092dams.html
Introduction to Dams
Topics include the societal nature of dams and opposition to, examples of failures, and types.
url: simscience.org/cracks/advanced/dams1.html
Kalpasar Dam Development Feasibility Study
Gujarat State considers a proposed tidal power dam at the Gulf of Khambhat, India. Includes history, benefits and technical features.
url: www.kalpasar.gujarat.gov.in/
Karun III
Project history, news, technical data and photographs. Arch dam located on the Karun river in Iran.
url: www.karun3.com/home.asp
The Los Angeles Dam Story
Illustrated article on the progress in designing critical structures to avoid damage during large earthquakes.
url: quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/LADamStory/
National Performance of Dams Program - NPDP
Technical resource for information on the performance of dams, supporting dam safety, engineering, and public policy. Includes a database of dams in the U.S., and a database of primarily dam failures.
url: npdp.stanford.edu/index.html
Parker Dam
Guide from Desert USA to the deepest dam in the world, built in the 1930s on the Colorado River. Includes history, photographs and visitor information.
url: www.desertusa.com/colorado/parker_dam/du_parkerdam....
Parker Dam and Powerplant
Comment and photographs from the Bureau of Reclamation.
url: www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/parker.html
Pensacola Dam
Provides a range of photographs and commentary on the history and construction of this 1938 dam located on the Grand river in Oklahoma.
url: www.grandlakewebs.com/history/
Tailings Dam Safety
Topics include current issues, safety, dam properties and failures. From the WISE uranium project.
url: www.wise-uranium.org/indexm.html
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