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* Legal agreements
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* [[Permitting]]
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* Water demand / population studies
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Construction of the Shasta Dam in California between 1938 and 1945.

The planning, design, and construction of a new dam requires many different tasks involving a variety of disciplines and include but are not limited to:

Best Practices Resources

Catalog of FEMA National Dam Safety Program Resources (FEMA P-732), FEMA, 2021

TR-210-60 Earth Dams and Reservoirs, NRCS, 2019

Design Standards No. 13: Embankment Dams (Ch. 1: General Design Standards), USBR, 2011

Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety, FEMA, 2004

General Design and Construction Considerations for Earth and Rockfill Dams (EM 1110-2-2300), USACE, 2004

Trainings

On-Demand Webinar: Field Investigations for New and Existing Dams

On-Demand Webinar: Risk Assessment Basics for an Individual Dam


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Revision Date: 12/07/2022