Dam Safety Society

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Dam Safety society in association with ICID is organizing a basic course on Dam Safety Management at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during April/May, 2024. The course is being organized for engineers involved in planning, design, operation and maintenance of dams in different organizations of Saudi Arabia. The course will cover different aspects of dam safety management and a visit to a dam site to discuss various issues related to dam safety assurance. The lectures will be delivered by experts in the field from India. The main content of course covers following subects:

  • Dam safety: An Overview
  • Essential Components of Dams and their Safety Assurance through Build-Operate-Maintain Cycle
  • Principles of dam Safety Management
  • Dam Safety Governance - required mechanisms and processes
  • Flood Risk Evaluation and Hydrological Safety of Dams
  • Structural and Hydraulic Safety of Dams
  • Monitoring and Surveillance for Dam Safety
  • Inspections and Investigations for Dam Health Assessment
  • Operation and Maintenance of Dams for Floods and Conservation Operations
  • Sediment Management of Reservoirs
  • Dam Rehabilitation Techniques
  • Risk Management Approach to Dam Safety
  • Classifying the Hazard Potential of Dams
  • Emergency Action Planning and Dam Break Analysis

Dam Safety Society in association with Narmada Water Resources and Water Supply and Kalpsar Department, Government of Gujarat and Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited is organizing a two days Workshop on Instrumentation of Dams including Seismic instrumentation during 23 – 24 July, 2024 at Kevadia. Gujarat, India followed by International Conference DAM SAFETY 2024 at the same venue during 25-26 July 2024.

This Workshop aims at including presentations, exercises, and instrumentation equipment displays /demonstrations which all are intended to provide workshop participants with improved insight, understanding, and comfort with respect to instrumentation. The Workshop also aims to cover a variety of topics related to dam instrumentation monitoring. Attendees will learn the fundamentals and advances as well, what questions need to be answered by an instrumentation system, considerations to remember when evaluating the data, how does automation improve monitoring program, and be exposed to emerging technologies. Workshop exercises will allow discussions of real-world scenarios. Novice to seasoned professionals will all benefit from the Workshop. Engineers, dam owners, geologists, technicians, and government agencies all should attend.
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Dam Safety Society in association with Narmada Water Resources and Water Supply and Kalpsar Department, Government of Gujarat and Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited is organizing International Conference: Dam Safety - 2024 during 25-26 July, 2024 at Kevadia, Gujarat. Before the conference a two days Workshop on Instrumentation of Dams including Seismic instrumentation will be organizes during 23 - 24 July, 2024 at the same venue.

This conference will bring together dam professionals and experts in the various inter-related disciplines from within India and around the world to discuss, reflect and share knowledge, technology and experience in addressing dam safety issues. Several oral presentations are planned during the Technical Sessions which will cover various facets of dam safety. National and overseas organizations will showcase contemporary developments in technologies, construction materials, products, instrumentation, and services in an exhibition being organized at the Conference venue. Several international experts and organizations of repute have agreed to participate in this Conference. There is enough opportunity for sponsors to showcase their products.
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