Author: Henry M. ReitzPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Robert Schultehenrich dam was inspected. The purpose of the inspection was to make an assessment of the general condition of the dam with respect to safety, based upon available data and visual inspection, in order to determine if the dam poses hazards to human life or property. Failure would threaten the life and property of three families and cause appreciable damage to associated farm buildings and one power transmission line. Our inspection and evaluation indicates the dam is deficient in that the spillways are inadequate. Considering the small volume of water impounded, the large floodplain downstream and the three groups of farm buildings downstream, one-half PMF is the appropriate spillway design flood. The dam will begin to be overtopped by a 10% PMF. The dam will also be overtopped by a 100-year frequency flood. Other deficiencies observed were steep downstream slope, lack of wavewash protection on the upstream face of the dam, lack of erosion protection in the emergency spillway, heavy growth of trees on the slopes of the dam and lack of seepage and stability analyses records.