National Dam Safety Program Publications
The National Dam Safety Program provides a variety of publications, including:
- Research Needs Workshop Reports
- Technical Manuals, Guides and Reports
- Technical Advisories
- Safety Series Fact Sheets
- Response and Recovery (R&R) Dam Response Operations Matrices
- Dam Safety & Risk MAP/Flood Mapping Studies Fact Sheet Series
- DSS-WISE Fact Sheets
- FEMA P-1015, Technical Manual: Overtopping Protection for Dams (ZIP, 410MB)
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National Dam Safety Program | Chris Ellis
The Rehabilitation HHPD Grant Program FAQ is a compilation of the most frequently asked questions/answers regarding the grant program.
The Rehabilitation of HHPD Grant Program PowerPoint provides a general overview of the program and its eligibility requirements.
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | 2021
Jason Weiss (AECOM)
The Rehabilitation of HHPD Grant Program Fact Sheet provides a general overview of the program and its eligibility requirements.
2020 NDSP Technical Seminar Presentation
Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool (RAPT)
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar 2021
Przemyslaw (Andy) Zielinski
HYDROSMS INC., Toronto, Canada
Risk communication can help increase knowledge, understanding, and awareness of dams and the risks they pose. While dams can serve many purposes, such as flood risk reduction, hydropower generation, water supply, and recreation, many people in communities near dams are unprepared to deal with the impacts of a dam failure or dam-related flooding. It is important to be aware that risk can come from many modes of failure, or even from conditions in which the dam has not failed at all.
Many people who live near a dam or who might be affected by a potential dam failure do not fully understand the risks that may be present. There are risks to the dam itself and there is resulting risk exposure to the nearby population and infrastructure due to proximity to the dam, including residual risk that remains even after risk reduction measures are enacted. This fact sheet describes these risks and the potential contributing factors to those risks.