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Economic analysis shows that spillways of large dams, where failure would cause serious property damage to downstream valley, should be designed for floods in order of magnitude of "probable maximum floods"; these are derived for most severe meteorological and hydrological conditions which might reasonably be expected within drainage basin controlled by dam; floods smaller than probable maximum, still used for spillway design of large dams, could only be justified if downstream damage were not be charged to dam owner; however, dam owner should be held responsible for downstream damage caused by insufficient spillway capacity; international effort to promote such policy is suggested.
Economic analysis shows that spillways of large dams, where failure would cause serious property damage to downstream valley, should be designed for floods in order of magnitude of "probable maximum floods"; these are derived for most severe meteorological and hydrological conditions which might reasonably be expected within drainage basin controlled by dam; floods smaller than probable maximum, still used for spillway design of large dams, could only be justified if downstream damage were not be charged to dam owner; however, dam owner should be held responsible for downstream damage caused by insufficient spillway capacity; international effort to promote such policy is suggested.
Floods for spillway design
Int Congress Large Dams
Pfafstetter, O. (author)
9th International Congress on Large Dams ; 1967 ; Turkey , Istanbul
1967
17 pages
Conference paper
English
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