PPT-Dam Safety Act

for Alabama Baldwin Hills Dam Disaster 1963 IRS Code 501c 6 non for profit organization advocating for the engineering profession in Alabama ACEC is a federation headquartered in Washington DC with offices in each state of the nation. The purpose of this meeting is to share with fellow residents the information that we have gathered about our . dam issues. . . Ground Rules. This meeting is to discuss “dam issues” only.. NOT HOA, PARK OR ROAD ISSUES. William Empson, PE, PMP . Senior Levee Safety Program Risk Manager. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Risk Management Center . William.B.Empson@usace.army.mil. Dam Safety Workshop. Brasília, Brazil. 20-24 May 2013. First National Level Steering Committee Meeting. 1. st. May 2015, Delhi. Agenda Items. 1. Background Information. 2. Physical Progress. 3. Financial Progress. 4. Participation of Academic Institutes. William Empson, PE, PMP . Senior Levee Safety Program Risk Manager. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Risk Management Center . William.B.Empson@usace.army.mil. Dam Safety Workshop. Brasília, Brazil. 20-24 May 2013. By Devika. What is Hydroelectricity?. What is Hydroelectricity?. Hydroelectric power generation is one of the worlds oldest ways of generating power. Hydroelectricity started off in 1880 and produces 20% of the worlds electricity. It . Dammed Ibexes…. This somewhat ordinary dam in a National Park in Northern Italy is hiding something. Can you see what it is?. How about now? No? Then keep . going.. WAIT, WHAT?! . ARE THOSE . GOATS?!. NPRE 498. December 6, 2010. History of Hydropower. Used as far back as 2000 years ago by Greeks to grind wheat. Evolution to modern hydropower turbine began with Bernard Forest de . Belidor. in the mid 1700s. The Environmental Impact of the dam. Background. The Aswan Dam is an embankment dam situated across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. Since the 1950s, the name commonly refers to the High Dam, which is larger and newer than the Aswan Low Dam, which was first completed in 1902. Following Egypt's independence from the United Kingdom, the High Dam was constructed between 1960 and 1970. It aimed to increase economic production by further regulating the annual river flooding and providing storage of water for agriculture, and later, to generate hydroelectricity. The dam has had a significant impact on the economy and culture of Egypt.. Some Supply-Side Meditations. Valley Water Consortium. H20 III, Distilling Sustainable Solutions. March 10, Fresno City College, Social Science Building. Presented by Ron Stork, Friends of the River. Kurt Buchanan, CFM. Economist. Mapping, Modeling, and Consequences Center. US Army Corps of Engineers. Huntington, WV. Overview. Corps Dam Safety Program overview . Consequence Estimation Using HEC-FIA (Flood Impact Analysis). Paper No. 684 E AND PLANNING ASPEC TS OF DASU HYDROPOWER P ROJECT M. Saleem Sheikh 116 Sheikh Pakistan Engineering Congress, 71st Annual Session Proceedings 117 SELECTION OF DAM TYP E AND PLANNING ASP 336Water level of preliminary storage for power generationMinimum pool levelUpstream cofferdamExcavation line of dam foundationRockfillOr natural sand-gravel materialNormal pool levelPrecast concret or a stream to retain the water.. It prevents the flow of water and accumulates it in a deep storage reservoir.. Purpose of . Dam. Irrigation . Power generation . Water supply . Flood control . Navigation . . RFP 06/1999. Order to COMPAQ . 02/2000. Intermediary machine .5 Tflops. . delivered . 12/2000. open to use . 02/2001. fully operational . 06/2001. (CRAY T90 stoped). Final machine 5 peak teraflops.