Colorado. Division of Water Resources. Dam Safety Branch
Author
Publisher
State of Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources, Office of the State Engineer, Dam Safety Branch
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
This document is provided by the Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) Dam Safety Branch (DSB) as a technical guide for the engineering community involved with the design and construction of dams under the Colorado Revised Statutes (CRS) and the Rules and Regulations for Dam Safety and Dam Construction (Rules). This Project Review Guide is not intended to instruct engineers on how to design and construct dams. Engineers working on dams in Colorado...
Author
Publisher
Colorado Division of Water Resources, Dam Safety Branch
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The purpose of this report is to document the failure of the Havana Street Dam which occurred on September 12, 2013. A site investigation was performed as soon after the dam failure as possible to collect evidence of the failure in order to document the cause and consequences of the failure and to chronicle the events so that lessons learned could be gleaned for future application to dam safety regulations, policies, and procedures.
Author
Publisher
State of Colorado Office of the State Engineer, Dam Safety Branch
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The Hydrologic Basin Response Study was performed for the State of Colorado, Office of the State Engineer, Dam Safety Branch. The project is to provide guidance and data sources for the performance of inflow design flood (IDF) hydrology studies for dam safety and dam design. Of particular interest to this study are the estimation of rainfall loss and unit hydrograph parameters that are necessary in rainfall-runoff modeling for the purpose of determining...
Author
Publisher
State of Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources, Office of the State Engineer, Colorado Dam Safety Branch
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
This guidance document has been created to provide a technical guide for dam safety engineers and the engineering community involved with the design of dams and safety evaluation of existing dams under the Colorado Revised Statutes and the "Rules and Regulations for Dam Safety and Dam Construction (DWR, 2007)" The considerations and guidelines described herein are intended to establish consistency in the analysis and review of dam safety projects...
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