Dams

About Dams - A range of topics from the International Rivers Networks including social, environmental and economic impacts, and dam performance and safety.
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.
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.
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.
www.agu.org/sci_soc/eosrjohnson.html#eosrjohnsonf3.gif

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.
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.
members.optusnet.com.au/~engineeringgeologist/

Dams - Illustrated project by Diana Biggs, on the social and environmental impacts of large dams. Includes case studies.
www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/arch374/winter2001/dbiggs/index.html

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.
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.
www.deltawerken.com/

Elan Valley Dams - History of the dams, reservoirs, and 73 mile aqueduct of the Elan Valley waterworks in mid-Wales. From the Powys digital history project.
history.powys.org.uk/history/rhayader/elanmenu.html

Geoguide Dams - Basic animated guide to the before, during, and after phases of dam construction.
www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/geoguide/dams/index.html

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.
germannatcom-icold.de/german_research/

High Masonry Dams. - Full text of John McMaster's 1876 publication.
quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AGL8574

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.
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.
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.
www.kalpasar.gujarat.gov.in/

Karun III - Project history, news, technical data and photographs. Arch dam located on the Karun river in Iran.
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.
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.
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.
www.desertusa.com/colorado/parker_dam/du_parkerdam.html

Parker Dam and Powerplant - Comment and photographs from the Bureau of Reclamation.
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.
www.grandlakewebs.com/history/

Tailings Dam Safety - Topics include current issues, safety, dam properties and failures. From the WISE uranium project.
www.wise-uranium.org/indexm.html