Research and analysis

Lessons from historical dam incidents

Scientific peer-review of new insights and information on lessons learnt from past dam incidents.

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Lessons from historical dam incidents

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Lessons from historical dam incidents

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This report offers new insights and information on lessons learnt from past dam incidents, near misses and failures, and good practice to be adopted by the reservoir industry to avoid serious incidents in the future.

Published 1 August 2011