Since 2005 the Committee on Dam Safety has been collecting information on dam incidents and considered that it was time to update this last publication (Bulletin 99) which listed the cases of failures up to 1991. It was therefore up to this committee to carry out this survey with the objective of meeting the needs of the dam professionals.
1. Content of the bulletin
2. Failed dams Geographical repartition
3.
Failures Time
4. Failures Year of construction
5. Failures Dam age
6.
Failures Dam height
7. Failures Dam type
8. Failures Reservoir volume
9.
Failure context
10. Failure modes
11. Failure causes Appendix
1. List of all
dam failures (up to May 2018)
The Commission Internationale des Grands Barrages (CIGB) / International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) is a non-governmental International Organization which provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in dam engineering. The Organization leads the profession in ensuring that dams are built safely, efficiently, economically, and without detrimental effects on the environment. Its original aim was to encourage advances in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of large dams and their associated civil works, by collecting and disseminating relevant information and by studying related technical questions. Since the late sixties, focus was put on subjects of current concern such as dam safety, monitoring of performance, reanalysis of older dams and spillways, effects of ageing and environmental impact. More recently, new subjects include cost studies at the planning and construction stages, harnessing international rivers, information for the public at large, and financing.
