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Title: Early warning systems: An economic approach to dam safety

Journal Article · · Hydro Review
OSTI ID:229762
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  1. National Weather Service Colorado River Basin Forecasting Center, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

An early warning system can provide a relatively low-cost method for addressing dam safety issues. Bureau of Reclamation engineers have developed a systematic approach for designing warning systems while effectively balancing safety and economic concerns. Rather than addressing the dam itself, the system addresses the embayment and those meteorological/hydrological factors affecting the embayment. Characteristics of the mathematical model developed are addressed in this paper.

OSTI ID:
229762
Journal Information:
Hydro Review, Vol. 14, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English