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  • curprev 18:5218:52, 2 September 2022Cort talk contribs 4,149 bytes +4,149 Created page with "__NOTOC__ ---- According to the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO), the most common dam failure incident mechanism between 2010 and 2019 was dam overtopping.<ref name="ASDSO">ASDSO, 2022, https://damsafety.org/dam-failures</ref> The dam spillway, and its Inflow Design Flood (IDF), must have sufficient capacity and freeboard to prevent overtopping from occurring. “Selection of an IDF can involve tradeoffs in trying to satisfy multiple objectives includ..."