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Floods and Reservoir Safety, UK Institution of Civil Engineers:

The following text comes from the publishers for ICE:

The third edition of Floods and Reservoir Safety has been completely revised and updated to take into account the best current research and to reflect the experience of engineers in this field. It provides authoritative guidance on flood protection standards, flood magnitude and freeboard - guidance which is essential for engineers who are responsible for the design and inspection of reservoirs.

Contents include:

• Floods and waves protection standards
• Derivation of reservoir design flood inflow
• Reservoir flood routing
• Wave surcharge and dam freeboard
• Floods during dam construction and dam improvement works
• The overtopping of embankment dams
• Appendix 1: Rapid assessment of flood capacity and freeboard at existing dams
• Appendix 2: Detailed advice on applying the flood studies report to reservoir safety

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