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Failure case histories

  1. Feijão Dam B-1 (Brazil, 2019)

    Case study. Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Dam Failures and Lessons Learned (damfailures.org), 2025.

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  2. Harmony Gold Mine No. 4 Tailings Dam (South Africa, 1994)

    Case study, with Riley Manwaring and Irfan Alvi. Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Dam Failures and Lessons Learned (damfailures.org), 2025.

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  3. Warnings Unheeded: The Tale of the 1994 Merriespruit Tailings Dam Disaster

    With Riley Manwaring and Irfan Alvi. ASDSO Decade Dam Failure series, September 25, 2024.

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  4. Barahona No. 1 Dam (Chile, 1928)

    Case study. Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Dam Failures and Lessons Learned (damfailures.org).

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  5. Val di Stava Dam (Italy, 1985)

    Case study. Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Dam Failures and Lessons Learned (damfailures.org).

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  6. Physical and Human Factors in a Spillway Failure: A Case Study on Clear Branch Dam

    With John Gillilan and John Markov. ASDSO National Dam Safety Conference, Orlando, September 2019.

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  7. Columbia River Levees at Vanport (Oregon, 1948)

    Case study. Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Dam Failures and Lessons Learned (damfailures.org), 2018.

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