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5 February 2009
Dam safety, emergency action plans and water alarm systems
Country: Switzerland

Dam safety is an integral concept, which comprises structural safety, dam safety monitoring, operational safety and emergency planning
by Martin Wieland and Rudolf Mueller

Paper presented at the High-Level International Forum on Water Resources and Hydropower, which was held in Beijing from October 16 – 18, 2008 in connection with the 50th anniversary of the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)

Martin Wieland, Chairman, ICOLD Committee on Seismic Aspects of Dam Design, Poyry Energy Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland. Email: martin.wieland@poyry.com

Rudolf Mueller, Dam Expert, AF-Colenco Ltd., Baden, Switzerland; formerly Deputy Commissioner for Dam Safety, Swiss Federal Office for Energy, Bern, Switzerland. Email: rudolf.mueller@afconsult.com

Reproduced by kind permission of International Water Power & Dam Construction and the authors.

Click here to download the article (pdf file).
5 February 2009
Dam safety, emergency action plans and water alarm systems
Country: Switzerland

Dam safety is an integral concept, which comprises structural safety, dam safety monitoring, operational safety and emergency planning
by Martin Wieland and Rudolf Mueller

Paper presented at the High-Level International Forum on Water Resources and Hydropower, which was held in Beijing from October 16 – 18, 2008 in connection with the 50th anniversary of the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)

Martin Wieland, Chairman, ICOLD Committee on Seismic Aspects of Dam Design, Poyry Energy Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland. Email: martin.wieland@poyry.com

Rudolf Mueller, Dam Expert, AF-Colenco Ltd., Baden, Switzerland; formerly Deputy Commissioner for Dam Safety, Swiss Federal Office for Energy, Bern, Switzerland. Email: rudolf.mueller@afconsult.com

Reproduced by kind permission of International Water Power & Dam Construction and the authors.

Click here to download the article (pdf file).
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