Pisco Dam Safety

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Type

Water Utilities

Local

Portugal

State

Finished

Year

2001

Client

INAG – Instituto da Água, I.P.

Pisco Dam Safety

- The project consists in the assessment of safety conditions of the Pisco dam from the analysis of hydraulic-operational safety, structural safety, risk of dam failure and downstream flood wave. The Pisco dam has the following characteristics:
   • Type: embankment;
   • Height: 23.2 m;
   • Crown length: 259.6 m;
   • Reservoir volume: 1.4 hm³.

- Services provided included hydraulic-operational safety assessment and simulation of a flood wave caused by dam failure.