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Seismic Instrumentation at Ruskin Dam, British Columbia, Canada

Ruskin Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the State River in Ruskin, British Columbia, Canada. It was completed in 1930 for the primary purpose of hydroelectric power generation. In 2017, Kinemetrics supplied and installed […]

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Survey of CuaDat Irrigation Dam, Vietnam

CuaDat Irrigation Dam is one of the largest irrigation dams in Vietnam. The entire concrete surface inspection survey was conducted by the Department of Geophysical Application Research – Institute of Ecology and Works Protection. Vucico […]

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Nurek Dam – at 300m (984ft) the second tallest man-made dam in the world

TJEM, Robertson Geo client in Tajikistan, purchased a logging system last year and have been using televiewers on the Nurek Dam project. The Nurek Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. Its primary purpose […]

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How to prevail potential landslides and risk of over topped dams – Vajont Dam, Italy

Full 3D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) obtained with the FullWaver system In 1963, 270 million of m3 of rocks of Mont Toc crashed into the Vajont reservoir in Northern Italy during its initial filling. The […]

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Minera Pena Colorada Tailing Dam

iDam Seismic Monitoring Network integrated with existing geotechnical monitoring at the Guasmas and Arrayanal tailing dams. Peña Colorada is a company dedicated to the exploration, exploitation, and processing of Iron Ore for the Mexican steel […]

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Multi-Dam Seismic Monitoring Project in Thailand for EGAT

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is Thailand’s leading state-owned power utility under the Ministry of Energy and responsible for electric power generation and transmission for the whole country, as well as bulk electric […]

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See us at the ASDSO Dam Safety Conference 2021

Dam Safety Group is exhibiting at Dam Safety 2021. At the Music City Centre in Nashville, Tennessee, US, the week of September 12 – 15 on BOOTH 117.

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Active and passive S-wave investigation in the Central Valley, CA, USA

To evaluate the condition of the levees, some of which are over 150 years old. The California Central Valley is crossed by over 1,100 miles of levees protecting rich farmland, cities, towns, schools, hospitals and […]

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Extensive Dam Monitoring for Calaveras Dam, San Francisco

Provided a state-of-the-art Seismic Monitoring and Management Center for SFPUC’s largest Bay Area Dam, the Calaveras Dam. The Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) under the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is a $4.8 billion, multi-year […]

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Talla Reservoir and Dam

In the 1890’s a need to expand the water supply to Edinburgh was identified. The site at Talla Loch, some 28 miles south of Edinburgh was selected for development. Starting in 1895 the project included […]

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Dam Safety literature available for download

The Dam Safety Group brings together a group of collaborative members, ideally positioned to use proven geophysical technology, services and products for Dam site investigation and monitoring together with seismic monitoring via earthquake early warning […]

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The specialist collaborative group for Dam and Levee safety technologies

The Dam Safety Group brings together a group of collaborative members, ideally positioned to use proven geophysical technology, services and products for Dam site investigation and monitoring together with seismic monitoring via earthquake early warning […]

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