Comings and Goings
50 Years Since the Teton Dam Failure
Fifty years after the catastrophic failure of Teton Dam, the case remains essential reading for lessons involving geology, seepage, filters, and dam safety. […]
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Conferences
Geo-Extreme 2021: Free Livestream of Keynote Lectures
Today was the first day of Geo-Extreme 2021 conference in Savannah Georgia sponsored by the Geo-Institute. If you aren’t attending, you can still tune in to the livestream of a few of the keynote lectures. […]
Failures
Lessons Yet to be Learned on Tailings Dam Failures
The keynote address at the 2019 Tailings & Mine Waste conference was presented by Terry Eldridge of Golder. Terry described the lessons learned from the tailings dam failures around the world in recent years. He […]
Failures
Two Michigan Dam’s Breach, Thousands Evacuated
Two dams breached in Midland County, Michigan, causing flooding and the evacuation of 10,000 local residents after days of heavy rains. The Edenville Dam and the Sanford Dam both experienced “catastrophic dam failures” affecting the […]
Available Resources
DHS and ASDSO Launch New Interactive Website on Dam Security
‘Dams Sector facilities provide a host of benefits, from flood protection to crop irrigation; however, the potential for their failure also presents a source of great danger with disastrous consequences. To avoid failures, it is […]
Geologic Hazards
The outcome of a study of the Kolontar Tailings Dam failure
The devastating failure of a tailings dam in Kolontar, Hungary made headlines for the incredible environmental disaster created by the bauxite tails. In a presentation by an investigator that was located by Dr. Dave, the […]
Geologic Hazards
Dam Safety News for June – 44 Most Hazardous Coal Ash Dams
The Association of State Dam Safety Officials publishes a great collection of news links every month. In this batch, there are a number of articles related to the TVA coal ash dam failure, including links […]
Failures
$180 Million Settlement in Reservoir Failure
On December 14, 2005, the upper reservoir of the Taum Sauk pumped storage plant, a hydroelectric power plant in the Missouri Ozarks, suffered a catastrophic failure. The resulting flood severely damaged the Jonhson’s Shut-Ins State Park and swept away the park superintendent and his family. Fortunately all of them survived. (Photos by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and USGS)
Last week, the Missouri Attorney General’s office announced a settlement of $180 million between the facility’s owner, Ameren Corp. The failure reportedly was a result of negligence on the part of the company. More details after the break.