Type
Water Utilities
Local
Portugal
State
Finished
Year
2001
Client
INAG – Instituto da Água, I.P.
- 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.